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This book collects the narrative work of A. P. Chekhov, which was written during his most mature years. In addition, his travelogues "From Siberia" and "Sakhalin Island" have also been published.
Tolstoy interprets the 1905 revolution as a moral upheaval: violence does not bring justice, but a new yoke. He sees lasting liberation in personal conscience, non-violence and Christian love, not in the state and coercion.
The Golden Calf (1931) follows the ingenious con artist Ostap Bender, who in Soviet Russia during the first five-year plan seeks a secret millionaire in order to get rich, encountering the absurdity of bureaucracy, the new Soviet man, and his own downfall
In his last great novel, Resurrection (1899), Tolstoy combines literary artistry with profound moral and philosophical reflections, making it a key work of his late oeuvre.
The New Crossword is a valuable testimony to Russian society in the turbulent post-revolutionary period – honest, sometimes critical, but always interesting and readable. Today it is appreciated as a fine example of Russian prose of the 1920s.
The first volume of Pushkin's selected works brings dramatic images and poems: from scenes from Faust and Mozart and Salieri to The Bronze Horseman and Poltava, combining drama, lyricism and history.