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The Russian Literature Collection brings together the towering achievements of one of the world’s most profound literary cultures — the novels, short stories, and plays of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev, and Nikolai Gogol. It includes masterpieces such as War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, and Anna Karenina.

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Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky
El crimen y el castigoFyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoyevsky
The Torrents of SpringIvan Turgenev
War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy
White Nights, and Other StoriesFyodor Dostoyevsky
Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy
The IdiotFyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes from the UndergroundFyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian Fairy TalesUnknown
The PossessedFyodor Dostoyevsky
The Lady with the DogAnton Chekhov
The Grand InquisitorFyodor Dostoyevsky
The Sea-GullAnton Chekhov
MillionenM. Artsybashev
WeYevgeny Zamyatin
A Nobleman's NestIvan Turgenev
Der kleine DämonFyodor Sologub
Dead SoulsNikolai Gogol
Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second SeriesAnton Chekhov
A Survey of Russian Literature, with SelectionsIsabel Hapgood
What Men Live By, and Other TalesLeo Tolstoy
Stavrogin’s ConfessionFyodor Dostoyevsky
Short StoriesFyodor Dostoyevsky
The GamblerFyodor Dostoyevsky
Best Russian Short StoriesUnknown
Eugene Oneguine [Onegin]Aleksandr Pushkin
The House of the DeadFyodor Dostoyevsky
Uncle VanyaAnton Chekhov
The Duel and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
Poor FolkFyodor Dostoyevsky
More Russian Picture TalesValerian Karrik
Letters of Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov
The Bet, and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other StoriesLeo Tolstoy
Fathers and SonsIvan Turgenev
ResurrectionLeo Tolstoy
Master and ManLeo Tolstoy
AnastasiaEugenia Smith
The Queen of Spades, and Other StoriesAleksandr Pushkin
The Wife, and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
Visionen und andere phantastische ErzählungenIvan Turgenev
The Life of Tolstoy: First Fifty YearsAylmer Maude
Sämmtliche Werke 5: Dramatische WerkeNikolai Gogol
The Schoolmistress, and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
The Forged Coupon, and Other StoriesLeo Tolstoy
Taras Bulba, and Other TalesNikolai Gogol
The Mantle, and Other StoriesNikolai Gogol
TolstoyRomain Rolland
The Inspector-GeneralNikolai Gogol
The Journal of Leo Tolstoi (First Volume—1895–1899)Leo Tolstoy
The Cook's Wedding and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
The Horse-Stealers and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
A Hero of Our TimeMikhail Lermontov
RussiaDonald Mackenzie Wallace
Love, and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
Memoirs of the Empress Catherine IICatherine II
OblomovIvan Goncharov
Russian Folk-TalesA. N. Afanasyev
My ReligionLeo Tolstoy
Turgenev in EnglishRissa Yachnin
Poems / With Introduction and NotesAleksandr Pushkin
Sämtliche Werke 3–4Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ChildhoodLeo Tolstoy
Sämtliche Werke 20Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fruits of CultureLeo Tolstoy
All Things Are PossibleLev Shestov
Reminiscences of Anton ChekhovMaksim Gorky
Uncle's Dream; and The Permanent HusbandFyodor Dostoyevsky
The Lower DepthsMaksim Gorky
What Shall We Do?Leo Tolstoy
The Black Monk, and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
SevastopolLeo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina, 1. BandLeo Tolstoy
The Power of DarknessLeo Tolstoy
Sämtliche Werke 9–10Fyodor Dostoyevsky
First Love, and Other StoriesIvan Turgenev
The Witch, and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
Orthodox Daily PrayersAnonymous
Father SergiusLeo Tolstoy
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich TchaikovskyModest Chaikovsky
The Rise of the Russian EmpireSaki
Fables for ChildrenLeo Tolstoy
The Darling and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
The Crushed Flower, and Other StoriesLeonid Andreyev
Essays on Russian NovelistsWilliam Lyon Phelps
MotherMaxim Gorky
The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852Leo Tolstoy
The Prose Tales of Alexander PushkinAleksandr Pushkin
YouthLeo Tolstoy
Autobiography of Countess TolstoySophia Tolstoy
Turgenev: A StudyEdward Garnett
Reminiscences of TolstoyIlya Tolstoy
An Outline of Russian LiteratureMaurice Baring
Old Peter's Russian TalesArthur Ransome
The Last Days of TolstoyV. G. Chertkov
Folk Tales from the RussianVerra Kalamatiano de Blumenthal
The Man Who Was AfraidMaxim Gorky
The Way of Martha and the Way of MaryStephen Graham
Landmarks in Russian LiteratureMaurice Baring
Spiritual OdesGavriil Derzhavin
Die Schwestern im KreuzAleksei Remizov
The Russian OperaRosa Newmarch
The Invaders, and Other StoriesLeo Tolstoy
Note-Book of Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov
The Party and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
The Englishwoman in RussiaAnonymous
The Bishop and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
Ivanoff: A PlayAnton Chekhov
The Gentleman from San FranciscoIvan Bunin
When the King Loses His HeadLeonid Andreyev
The Real TsaritsaLili Dehn
Dream Tales and Prose PoemsIvan Turgenev
The Live CorpseLeo Tolstoy
Yama [The Pit]A. I. Kuprin
A Slav Soul, and Other StoriesAlexander Kuprin
The Memoirs of Alexander HerzenAlexander Herzen
Stories and PicturesI. L. Peretz
Anton Tchekhov, and Other EssaysLev Shestov
A Sportsman’s SketchesIvan Turgenev
The Captain’s DaughterAlexander Pushkin
Contemporary Russian NovelistsSerge Persky
The Little Angel, and Other StoriesLeonid Andreyev
The StormAlexander Ostrovsky
The Schoolmaster and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
The DevilLeo Tolstoy
Virgin SoilIvan Turgenev
SmokeIvan Turgenev
Boris GodunovAlexander Pushkin
The Secret CityHugh Walpole
A Family of NoblemenMikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
RudinIvan Turgenev
Through RussiaMaxim Gorky
The Created LegendFyodor Sologub
Three Days in the VillageLeo Tolstoy
The VillageIvan Bunin
The Little DemonFyodor Sologub
Talks with TolstoiA. B. Goldenweiser
Knock, Knock, Knock, and Other StoriesIvan Turgenev
The Seven Who Were HangedLeonid Andreyev
The Diary of a Russian LadyVarvara Dukhovskaia
The White Terror and The RedAbraham Cahan
Russian LiteraturePeter Kropotkin
Sixteen Years in SiberiaLev Deutsch
The Russian Grandmother’s Wonder TalesLouise Seymour Houghton
Memoirs of a RevolutionistPeter Kropotkin
Russian RamblesIsabel F. Hapgood
The Light Shines in DarknessLeo Tolstoy
Three MenMaxim Gorky
A Lear of the SteppesIvan Turgenev
The Old House, and Other TalesFyodor Sologub
A Russian Proprietor, and Other StoriesLeo Tolstoy
BoyhoodLeo Tolstoy
The ConfessionMaxim Gorky
Tolstoy Lilian Winstanley
Satan’s Diary Leonid Andreyev
On the EveIvan Turgenev
The Shooting PartyAnton Chekhov
The DuelA. I. Kuprin
A Reckless Character, and Other StoriesIvan Turgenev
The SpyMaxim Gorky
The Diary of a Superfluous ManIvan Turgenev
The Chorus Girl and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
He Who Gets SlappedLeonid Andreyev
Sanine Mikhail Artsybashev
The House with the MezzanineAnton Chekhov
In the WorldMaxim Gorky
KatiaLeo Tolstoy
Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?Nikolai Nekrasov
The Daughter of an EmpressLuise Mühlbach
Peter and AlexisDmitry Merezhkovsky
A House of GentlefolkIvan Turgenev
Comrade KropotkinVictor Robinson
Savva and The Life of ManLeonid Andreyev
The Russian GarlandRobert Steele
Birds of Heaven, and Other StoriesVladimir Korolenko
Russia: Its People and Its LiteratureEmilia Pardo Bazán
The Blind Musician Vladimir Korolenko
Makar’s Dream, and Other StoriesVladimir Korolenko
Redemption and Two Other PlaysLeo Tolstoy
A Desperate Character, and Other StoriesIvan Turgenev
Orlóff and His WifeMaxim Gorky
AnathemaLeonid Andreyev
The Princess TarakanovaG. P. Danilevsky
The PrecipiceIvan Goncharov
The Republic of the Southern Cross Valery Bryusov
The Jew and Other StoriesIvan Turgenev
Russian SilhouettesAnton Chekhov
Red Love Alexandra Kollontai
The DarkLeonid Andreyev
The Steel FleaNikolai Leskov
The Red LaughLeonid Andreyev
The Russian Novelists Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé
Creatures That Once Were MenMaxim Gorky
The SowersHenry Seton Merriman
Tales of the WildernessBoris Pilnyak