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2008 Russian Reading Challenge
December 9, 2007, 8:27 pm
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The Book

 The Author
Tales of Anton Chekhov: Volumes 1-13

Translated by Constance Garnett

 Checkhov, Anton*
A Life in LettersTranslated by Constance Garnett Checkhov, Anton*
Crime and PunishmentTranslated by Constance Garnett Dostoyevsky, Fyodor*
Dead Souls: A NovelTranslated by Pevear & Volokhonsky Gogol, Nikolai*
The Precipice Goncharov, Ivan
A Hero of our Time Lermontov, Mikhail
Hope Against Hope M’andelstam, Nadezhda*
Lectures on Russian Literature Nabakov, Vladimir*
Lolita Nabakov, Vladimir*
Dr. Zhivago Pasternak, Boris
Years of Hope : The Story of a LifeTranslated by Joseph Barnes Paustovsky, Konstantin*
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
The Russian Debutante’s Handbook Shteyngart, Gary*
Sleepwalker in a Fog Tolstaya, Tatyana*
The Slynx Tolstaya, Tatyana*
The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other StoriesTranslated by Aylmer Maude Tolstoy, Leo*
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other StoriesTranslated by David McDuff Tolstoy, Leo*
Anna KareninaTranslated by Pevear and Volokhonsky Tolstoy, Leo*
War and PeaceTranslated by Pevear and Volokhonsky Tolstoy, Leo*
ResurrectionTranslated by Rosemary Edmonds Tolstoy, Leo*
First LoveTranslated by Isaiah Berlin Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich*
Evgeny Onegin Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich
A volume of poetry, TBD Akhmatova, Anna
Anna of all the Russias: A life of Anna Akhmatova Feinstein, Elaine
THE WHISPERERS: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia Figes, Orlando
Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia Figes, Orlando
Village Life in Late Tsarist Russia Tian-Shanskaia and Olga Semoyonova
Gulag: A History Applebaum, Anne
Peter the Great Massie, Robert

*indicates a book recommended in Reading Like a Writer, by Francine Prose


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Looking forward to your reviews!

Comment by 3m December 14, 2007 @ 12:44 pm

Wow, very impressive list! I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts and reviews :)

Comment by caribousmom December 14, 2007 @ 7:22 pm

Great list! I have The Precipice but thought I would start with Oblamov first. Village Life in Late Tsarist Russia is on my list, too :) Looking forward to your reviews!

Comment by Ex Libris December 16, 2007 @ 8:50 am

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