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June 15, 2021

REVIEW: The Captain’s Daughter: Essential Stories by Alexander Pushkin

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / 19th century / class differences / classic literature / Deception / fathers and daughters / First-Person / gambling / Historical / Russia / Russian literature / War / Military3 Comments

A dazzling new collection of Pushkin’s fiction, in definitive translations by the acclaimed Anthony Briggs As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin’s stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness and clarity, more than ever in ... more >

June 29, 2018

SOMETHING DIFFERENT: Upcoming Readalong/Discussion of The Master and Margarita

SunitaEssays / FeaturesReadalong / Russian literature3 Comments

Last week I posted a deal on Mikhail Bulgakov’s 20thC classic, The Master and Margarita, and we had a lively discussion in the comments. I’ve been wanting to read it for ages and it is one of Sirius’s favorite books, so we decided that we would read it together and ... more >

December 5, 2016

REVIEW: Tales of Belkin by Alexander Pushkin

SiriusA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th Century Russians / novellas with romantic elements / Old Favorites / Russian literature8 Comments

Recommended Read

Ivan Petrovich Belkin left behind a great number of manuscripts…. Most of them, as Ivan Petrovich told me, were true stories heard from various people. First published anonymously in 1830, Alexander Pushkin’s Tales of Belkin contains his first prose works. It is comprised of an introductory note and five linked ... more >

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