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The selection of titles of selected high school reading offered in this way is threefold in its thematic focus, which is seen in Proust in the old world, in Sholokhov in the new life, and in Kafka in the unreliable sign of man.
"The Life of an Artist", by Ilya Gruzdev, is a biographical work that deals with the life and work of Maxim Gorky, one of the most important Russian writers and social reformers.
Dead Souls (1842) is a brilliant satire that exposes the moral and social rot of imperial Russia through Chichikov's fraud with dead serfs, with Gogol's virtuoso mix of humor, irony and lyricism.
The novel represents Tolstoy's adaptation of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi; he got the idea for the novel as a child, when he was read only the first part of the book, so he invented the rest himself.
Crime and Punishment (1866), a masterpiece by F. M. Dostoevsky, a Russian genius of profound soul, exploring the limits of evil and redemption. With an afterword by Alexander Flaker.