Hamlet and Don Quixote A vitally important bit of literary (and social) criticism by Turgenev, in which he divides the world up into Hamlets and Quixotes. Literature
The Many Faces of Fyodor Mikhailovich Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky is known for huge, intense, philosophical works, but this reputation ignores the great variety of his writing. Literature
A House of Gentlefolk Extract from the author's least controversial and most widely read work during his lifetime. Yet Goncharov (he of Oblomov fame) accused Turgenev of plagiarizing the story from him. Literature
Genius An autobiographical story about the author's earliest attempt to get his poetry published. Literature
Rudin An excerpt from the finale of Turgenev's first novel, about Rudin, a "Titan in word but a pygmy in deed." Literature
Faust Extract from this epistolary novella, loosely inspired by Turgenev's infatuation with a married woman who lived next door. Literature
The Diary of a Superfluous Man Turgenev's melancholy novella in which he first coined the phrase "superfluous man" that was so to influence Russian literature. Literature
Khor and Kalinych Turgenev's story of two peasants: the enterprising Khor and the dreamy Kalinych. Literature
Ivan Sergeyevich An introduction to this bilingual issue on one of Russia's finest prose artists. Literature
The Moscow Eccentric A fascinating look at life in post-revolutionary Moscow, in this never-before-translated excerpt from Bely's little known novel about the capital. All the more amazing for the fact that it is written (and translated) in metered prose. Presented here in our bilingual format (English and Russian on facing pages) Literature
Bulat Okudzhava: An Appreciation A look at the life and work of this volume's focus, Bulat Okudzhava, King of the Bards. Thematic sections have short introductions, and all poems and stories in this volume are presented side by side in English and Russian. Literature
Moscow Believes It's harder, and easier, than one might think to put together an issue of Chtenia devoted to Moscow. Literature
