Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky - a famous Russian novelist, short-story writer essayist, journalist and philosopher.Dostoyevsky is considered one of the greatest writers in world literature. Best-known...
The Idiot tells the story of Prince Myshkin, a man of pure innocence, whose kindness and open-hearted simplicity make many of the more earthy characters he encounters mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence...
Tolstoy is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. In his own lifetime Tolstoy was declared a head of Russian literature. He is best known for the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, often...
As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The...
Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and...
Anton Chekhov was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his...
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women. Engaging,...
Anton Chekhov was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his...
