Nat Pinkerton and Modern Literature By Korney Chukovsky Chukovsky's seminal rumination on the arrival of pulp fiction in Russia. Literature
My Petersburgers By Evgenia Shcheglova Some intelligent people are conscientious. Often this causes them intolerable suffering... Literature
Russian and Soviet Science Fiction By Yvonne Howell An introduction to this exciting collection of science fiction. Literature
Virgin Soil By Ivan Turgenev The author's final novel, in which he examines the young idealists of the "go to the people" era. Literature
Torrents of Spring By Ivan Turgenev From another highly autobiographical novel, in which a young traveler falls madly in love with a local German girl and imagines what might have happened. Literature
First Love By Ivan Turgenev Turgenev's most autobiographical novel, which tells the story of a 16-year-old boy's infatuation with an older girl. Literature
Smoke By Ivan Turgenev The novel after Fathers and Sons, in which Turgenev skewered Westernizers and Slavophiles alike. Literature
Fathers and Sons By Ivan Turgenev A short excerpt from the novel that brought Turgenev world renown, with its dissection of the divide between the liberals of the 1840s and the radicals of the 1860s. Literature
On the Eve By Ivan Turgenev Turgenev's third novel, set on the eve of the Crimean War, discusses the destiny of Russia through the story of a young woman named Elena, who marries a foreign revolutionary. Literature
The Petersburg Feuilletons By Fyodor Dostoyevsky A journalistic piece from 1847, in which Fyodor Mikhailovich lambasts "the dreamer" omnipresent in St. Petersburg life. Literature
Hamlet and Don Quixote By Ivan Turgenev 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 By Sarah Young Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky is known for huge, intense, philosophical works, but this reputation ignores the great variety of his writing. Literature
