A comprehensive account of classic Russian fiction of the past two hundred years.
In newly commissioned essays by prominent scholars, works by Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Bulgakov, Nabokov, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, and many others are described and discussed. There is a chronology and guide to further reading. All quotations are in English. The volume will be invaluable for students, scholars, and anyone interested in the Russian novel.