The best classic books of autumn 2018
Our new ranking of the top 100 best books of the classics has undergone significant changes. It's all the fault of the start of a new academic school, and a school program that clearly sets the tone in this category. Nevertheless, only the really best books of the classics, not only Russian, but also foreign, got into it. After all, this list of the best classics was compiled on the basis of your requests on the Internet and reflects the interest of readers in our country in the best possible way.
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The story "Sunstroke" Author: Bunin I. A. Year of publication of the story: 1925 Bunin's story "Sunstroke" is considered by many to be one of the best works of the writer. It is included in the school curriculum, and has also been filmed more than once. The last film adaptation was released in 2014 and was very successful. This aroused even more interest in the story "Sunstroke" to read, and also allowed Ivan Bunin to […]
The article was updated and supplemented in July 2018. We present a selection of 65 books that have become classics of world literature, and 10 online libraries where you can find a lot of fiction, scientific, historical and non-fiction literature in free access.
1. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ("Cien años de soledad" - Gabriel José de la Concordia "Gabo" García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most characteristic and popular works towards magical realism.
2. "Moby-Dick, or The Whale" - Herman Melville ("Moby-Dick, or The Whale" - Herman Melville)
The story is told on behalf of the American sailor Ishmael, who went on a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, whose captain, Ahab, is obsessed with the idea of revenge on the giant white whale, the whaler killer known as Moby Dick.
3. "The Great Gatsby" - Francis Scott Fitzgerald ("The Great Gatsby" - F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The action of the novel takes place near New York, on the "gold coast" of Long Island, among the villas of the rich. In the 1920s, following the chaos of the First World War, American society entered an unprecedented period of prosperity: in the "roaring 20s", the US economy was developing rapidly.
At the same time, Prohibition made many bootleggers millionaires and gave a significant boost to organized crime. Admiring the rich and their charm, Fitzgerald at the same time denounces the unrestrained materialism and lack of morality of America at that time.
4. "The Grapes of Wrath" - John Steinbeck ("The Grapes of Wrath" - John Steinbeck)
The novel takes place during the Great Depression. Poor family tenant farmer, Joad, is forced to leave her Oklahoma home due to drought, economic hardship and changes in farming practices. Agriculture. In practically hopeless situation they head to California along with thousands of other Oki families, hoping to find a livelihood there.
5. "Ulysses" - James Joyce ("Ulysses" - James Joyce)
The novel tells about one day (June 16, 1904, currently this date is celebrated as Bloomsday, "Bloom's Day") of a Dublin inhabitant and a Jew by nationality - Leopold Bloom.
6. "Lolita" - Vladimir Nabokov ("Lolita" - Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita is the most famous of all Nabokov's novels. The theme of the novel was unthinkable for its time - the story of an adult man who was passionately carried away by a twelve-year-old girl.
7. "The Sound and the Fury" - William Faulkner ("The Sound and the Fury" - William Faulkner)
The main storyline tells about the withering of one of the oldest and most influential families of the American South - the Compsons. During the roughly 30 years of the novel, the family faces financial ruin, loses respect in the city, and many family members end their lives tragically.
8. "To the Lighthouse" - Virginia Woolf ("To The Lighthouse" - Virginia Woolf)
The novel centers on two visits by the Ramsey family to a rented country house on the Isle of Skye in Scotland in 1910 and 1920. To the Lighthouse follows and expands on the tradition of modernist literature by Marcel Proust and James Joyce, where the plot fades into the background, giving way to philosophical introspection.
9. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina is a novel by Leo Tolstoy about tragic love married lady Anna Karenina and the brilliant officer Vronsky against the backdrop of a happy family life noblemen Konstantin Levin and Kitty Shcherbatskaya.
10. "War and Peace" - Leo Tolstoy
"War and Peace" is an epic novel describing Russian society during the wars against Napoleon in 1805-1812.
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11. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" - Mark Twain ("The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" - Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huckleberry Finn, on the run from his abusive father, and Jim, a runaway black man, are rafting down the Mississippi River.
12. "1984" - George Orwell ("1984" - George Orwell)
The novel "1984", along with such works as "We" by Evgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (1920), "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley (1932) and "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury (1953), is considered one of the most famous works in the dystopian genre.
13. The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger)
In the novel, on behalf of a 16-year-old boy named Holden, in a very frank form, he tells about his heightened perception of American reality and the rejection of the general canons and morals of modern society.
14. "Invisible Man" - Ralph Ellison ("Invisible Man" - Ralph Ellison)
The Invisible Man is the only completed novel by Ralph Ellison, an African-American writer literary critic and literary critic. The novel is dedicated to the search for identity and place in society.
15. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller ("Catch-22" - Joseph Heller)
1944 On the islet of Pianosa in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the US Air Force bomber regiment (flying North American B-25 Mitchell bombers) is stationed, in which Captain Yossarian serves, main character novel, and his colleagues.
The command of the air regiment over and over again increases the rate of sorties, thereby extending the service of pilots who have flown their rate, after which they have the right to return home. Thus, flying off the norm becomes almost impossible.
16. "Midnight's Children" - Salman Rushdie ("Midnight's Children" - Salman Rushdie)
A multifaceted, fantastic, "magical" narrative covers the history of India (partly Pakistan) from 1910 to 1976. Political events, presented brightly and biasedly, do not exhaust the whimsical reality of the novel.
17. "On the Road" - Jack Kerouac ("On the Road" - Jack Kerouac)
The book, considered the most important piece of Beat generation literature, tells the story of the travels of Jack Kerouac and his close friend Neil Cassidy through the United States of America and Mexico.
18. "In Search of Lost Time" - Marcel Proust ("À la recherche du temps perdu" - Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time is a magnum opus by the French modernist writer Marcel Proust, a semi-autobiographical cycle of seven novels. Published in France between 1913 and 1927.
19. "Pale Fire" - Vladimir Nabokov ("Pale Fire" - Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire is a novel by V. V. Nabokov, written in English in the United States and first published in 1962. The novel, conceived before moving to the United States (the passages "Ultima Thule" and "Solus Rex" were written in Russian in 1939), is built as a 999-line poem with commentary rife with literary allusions.
20. "Madame Bovary" - Gustave Flaubert ("Madame Bovary" - Gustave Flaubert)
The main character of the novel is Emma Bovary, the doctor's wife, living beyond her means and having extramarital affairs in the hope of getting rid of the emptiness and routine of provincial life.
21. "Middlemarch" - George Eliot ("Middlemarch" - George Eliot)
Middlemarch is the name of the provincial town in and around which the novel takes place. Many characters inhabit its pages, and their destinies are intertwined by the will of the author.
22. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Hero of the novel " Big hopes”, a young man Philip Pirrip, strives to become a “true gentleman”, to achieve a position in society, but he will be disappointed. Money stained with blood cannot bring happiness, and the "gentleman's world" in which Philip placed so many hopes turned out to be hostile and cruel.
23. "Emma" - Jane Austen ("Emma" - Jane Austen)
The daughter of a wealthy landowner and a big dreamer, Emma tries to diversify her leisure time by organizing someone else's personal life. Confident that she will never marry, she acts as a matchmaker for her friends and acquaintances, but life brings her surprise after surprise.
24. "And Destruction Came" - Chinua Achebe ("Things Fall Apart" - Chinua Achebe)
“And Destruction Came” is a story about a tribal warrior who cannot adapt to a new society under a colonial regime. The book has been translated into 45 languages and is by far the most widely read and translated book by an African writer among his contemporaries.
25. "Pride and Prejudice" - Jane Austen ("Pride and Prejudice" - Jane Austen)
Young girls who dream of marriage, respectable mothers who do not shine with their minds, selfish beauties who think that they are allowed to control the fate of other people - such is the world of Jane Austen's heroes - English writer, which was far ahead of its time and ranked by subsequent generations among the classics of world literature.
26. "Wuthering Heights" - Emily Brontë ("Wuthering Heights" - Emily Brontë)
« Wuthering Heights" - this full of love and hatred is the story of the fatal passion of Heathcliff, the adopted son of the owner of the Wuthering Heights estate, for the owner's daughter Catherine
27. "Nostromo" - Joseph Conrad ("Nostromo" - Joseph Conrad)
The novel tells about the liberation struggle of the fictional South American state of Costaguana. The author is occupied with the problem of imperialism and its corrupting effect even on the best people, which is the protagonist of the novel, the sailor Nostromo.
28. "The Brothers Karamazov" - F. M. Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov is the last novel by F. M. Dostoevsky. Three brothers, Ivan, Aleksey (Alyosha) and Dmitry (Mitya), “are busy resolving questions about the root causes and ultimate goals of being,” and each of them makes his choice, trying in his own way to answer the question about God and the immortality of the soul.
29. "To Kill a Mockingbird" - Harper Lee ("To Kill a Mockingbird" - Harper Lee)
The novel conveys the events of the 30s of the XX century, the period of the Great Depression, which took place in the state of Alabama. The narration is conducted on behalf of a child, but the severity of interracial conflicts and social problems does not lose its strength from this.
30. "Process" - Franz Kafka ("Der Prozess" - Franz Kafka)
“The Process” is a unique book by Franz Kafka, which actually “created” his name for the culture of the world postmodern theater and cinema of the second half of the 20th century, more precisely, “weaved” this name into the idea of postmodern absurdism.
31. "Slaughterhouse Five" - Kurt Vonnegut ("Slaughterhouse-Five" - Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse Five is an autobiographical novel by Kurt Vonnegut about the bombing of Dresden during World War II.
32. "Mrs Dalloway" - Virginia Woolf ("Mrs Dalloway" - Virginia Woolf)
The novel tells about one day of the fictional character Clarissa Dalloway, a society woman in post-war England. One of the most famous novels writers.
33. "Jane Eyre" - Charlotte Brontë ("Jane Eyre" - Charlotte Brontë)
The book tells about difficult fate orphans with a strong, independent character, about her childhood, growing up, finding her way and overcoming the obstacles that stand in her way.
34. The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings is an epic novel by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, the most famous work fantasy genre.
35. "A Passage to India" - Edward Forster ("A Passage to India" - E.M. Forster)
At the center of Journey to India is the relationship between the Indian Aziz and the Englishman Fielding. The twists and turns of the plot, exciting in themselves, help to make these relations stand out more prominently, to reveal themselves in their extreme possibilities.
36. "All the King's Men" - Robert Penn Warren ("All the King's Men" - Robert Penn Warren)
The protagonist of the novel is politician Willie Stark. Rising from the bottom of society, a born leader sincerely believed that he could make the world a better place. However, the truth of life revealed to him turns him into a cruel, unprincipled politician. His motto is: "Good can only be made out of evil, because there is simply nothing else to make of it."
37. "Brave New World" - Aldous Huxley ("Brave New World" - Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World is a dystopian satirical novel set in far-future London (around the 26th century of the Christian era, namely 2541). People all over the Earth live in a single state, whose society is a consumer society, the symbol of the consumer god is Henry Ford, and instead of the sign of the cross, people “sign over themselves with the sign T”.
38. "When I was dying" - William Faulkner ("As I Lay Dying" - William Faulkner)
W. Faulkner's novel "When I was dying" is unique. There is no authorial speech at all, the book is broken into a chain of monologues, sometimes long, sometimes short, or even fitting in one or two phrases, and they are led by fourteen characters - mainly Bandren, and next to them neighbors, the same farm poor.
39. "Deep Sleep" - Raymond Chandler ("The Big Sleep" - Raymond Chandler)
Deep Sleep is the first in a series of novels about private investigator Philip Marlowe. Classic "tough detective".
40. "Stories" - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
A collection of short stories from a classic of world literature.
41. "Crime and Punishment" - F. M. Dostoevsky
"Crime and Punishment" is considered one of the most philosophical books in the world, which "poses the problems of good and evil, freedom and necessity, crime and moral responsibility, revolution, socialism, the philosophy of history and the state."
42. "Molloy", "Malone Dies" and "Nameless" - Samuel Beckett ("Molloy", "Malone Dies", "The Unnamable" - Samuel Beckett)
"Molla", "Malon Dies" and "Nameless" are three works that make up a trilogy and represent a separate milestone in creative biography Beckett.
43. "Outsider" - Albert Camus ("L "Étranger" - Albert Camus)
The story is told by a 30-year-old Frenchman. His name remains unknown, but his last name is mentioned in passing - Meursault. Three key events in his life - the death of his mother, the murder of a local resident and the trial, as well as a brief relationship with a girl.
44. "Tin drum" - Günter Grass ("Die Blechtrommel" - Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum is Günther Grass' first novel. It was this work, which in a grotesque form reflected the history of Germany in the 20th century, brought world fame to its author.
45. "Sons and Lovers" - David Herbert Lawrence ("Sons and Lovers" - D. H. Lawrence)
The book describes the life of a young man named Paul Morel, born in the family of a coal miner in small town Bestwood, Nottinghamshire. The love of children for their mother runs like a red thread through the novel. Paul is most attached to her: unlike his brothers and sister, he will never be able to leave his mother's house until her death.
46. The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing
The story of Anna Woolf, a talented writer and staunch feminist, who, balancing on the verge of insanity, writes down all her thoughts and experiences in four multi-colored notebooks: black, red, yellow and blue. But over time, a fifth, golden, notebook appears, the entries in which become a real revelation for the heroine and help her find a way out of the impasse.
47. "Magic Mountain" - Thomas Mann ("Der Zauberberg" - Thomas Mann)
Immediately after its release, The Magic Mountain was recognized as a key philosophical novel. German literature new century. It is generally accepted that, using the example of a closed microcosm of the sanatorium, Mann gave a panorama of the ideological life of European society on the eve of the World War.
48. "Beloved" - Toni Morrison ("Beloved" - Toni Morrison)
"Beloved", the most famous novel Toni Morrison, awarded Pulitzer and then Nobel Prize. The book is based on real events that took place in Ohio in the 80s of the nineteenth century: the story of a black slave who kills her daughter, saving her from slavery.
49. "Blood Meridian" - Cormac McCarthy ("Blood Meridian" - Cormac McCarthy)
John Banville, Booker Laureate, called the novel "a kind of mixture of Dante's Inferno, Iliad, and Moby Dick." The protagonist of "Blood Meridian", a fourteen-year-old teenager from Tennessee, known only as "the kid", becomes the hero of the latest epic, based on real events and circumstances of the mid-19th century Tex-Mex borderlands, where the Indian scalp market is booming.
50. "A Man Without Qualities" - Robert Musil ("Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften" - Robert Musil)
An ironic panorama of Austria-Hungary on the eve of the First World War, a partly autobiographical "novel of ideas" written by one of the most brilliant European intellectuals of the first half of the 20th century, a phenomenon of grandiose conception and execution.
51. "Fiesta (And the Sun Also Rises)" - Ernest Hemingway ("The Sun Also Rises" - Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises is a 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway. Based on real events that took place in the life of the author.
52. "Gone With the Wind" - Margaret Mitchell ("Gone With the Wind" - Margaret Mitchell)
A novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell set in the southern states of the United States in the 1860s, during (and after) the Civil War. The novel was released on June 30, 1936 and became one of the most famous bestsellers in American literature.
53. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" - Lewis Carroll ("Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" - Louis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a fairy tale written by the English mathematician, poet and writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells about a girl named Alice, who falls through a rabbit hole into an imaginary world inhabited by strange, anthropomorphic creatures.
54. "Heart of Darkness" - Joseph Conrad ("Heart of Darkness" - Joseph Conrad)
The Heart of Darkness is a 1902 adventure novel by English writer Joseph Conrad. The story is told from the perspective of the protagonist, sailor Marlow, who remembers his journey to Central Africa.
55. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - Ernest Hemingway ("For Whom the Bell Tolls" - Ernest Hemingway)
The novel tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American fighter of the International Brigades, who was sent to the rear of the Francoists, to the partisans, during the Spanish Civil War. As a demolition expert, he is tasked with blowing up the bridge to prevent Francoist reinforcements from approaching Segovia.
56. "An American Tragedy" - Theodore Dreiser ("An American Tragedy" Theodore Dreiser)
In the novel An American Tragedy, Dreiser portrays the tragedy of Clive Griffiths - a young man who has tasted all the charm of the life of the rich, is so eager to establish himself in their society that he commits a crime for this.
57. The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow
Captivating, touching, multifaceted, complete philosophical sense the story of a boy who is destined to grow up, discover, love and find his place in the world at the most dramatic moments in history.
58. "The Call of the Wild" - Jack London ("The Call of the Wild" - Jack London)
The novel takes place in the Yukon (Canada) during the gold rush. The protagonist dog Beck (a cross between a Scottish Shepherd and a St. Bernard), brought from a shepherd's ranch in California, finds himself in the harsh reality of the life of a sled dog. The novel tells about the difficulties that Buck experiences, trying to survive, despite the harsh treatment of the owners, other dogs and the cruelty of nature.
59. "American Pastoral" - Philip Roth ("American Pastoral" - Philip Roth)
The protagonist - Swede Leivow - married the beautiful Miss New Jersey, inherited his father's factory and became the owner of an old mansion in Old Rimrock. It would seem that dreams have come true, but one day the American leaf happiness turns to dust at once...
60. "Deliverance" - James Dickey ("Deliverance" - James Dickey)
The four embark on a journey into the wilderness and wilderness of the Appalachians. They go down the river in two boats. Their intentions are just to relax, unwind and see picturesque places ... But they did not know that they would be ambushed by illiterate local highlanders, thugs and sadists.
61. "Lucky Jim" - Kingsley Amis ("Lucky Jim" - Kingsley Amis)
Young teacher at probationary period at a provincial university.
The only " alive soul in a world of dull snobbery and meaningless rules of conduct.
Jim Dixon is sick of this, but he wants to get into the state! So, you have to be like everyone else. But one day love invades Jim's life, and all his conformist undertakings fly to hell overnight...
62 Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller
The novel is set in 1930s France (mainly Paris). The novel describes the life of struggling writer Henry Miller in Paris.
63. "Lord of the Flies" - William Golding ("Lord of the Flies" - William Golding)
strange, scary tale boys who, by the will of fate, ended up on a desert island. Boys who played cruelty, hunting, war. A book about the hidden corners of the human soul and the desire for power.
64. Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry
At the Foot of the Volcano is a novel set in a small Mexican town during one November day in 1939 - All Souls' Day. This day is the last in the life of Geoffrey Fermin, a former British consul who finds refuge from life in unrestrained drunkenness. Fermin's ex-wife Yvonne, his half-brother Hugh and friend, film director Laruelle, are trying to save the consul, persuade him to stop drinking and start life anew...
65. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
Fragment of the film based on the book "Return to Brideshead".
The novel, published at the end of World War II, subtly depicts the characters of the outgoing era of prosperity of the English aristocracy. The protagonist of the novel, a young artist, Charles Ryder, meets Sebastian Flight, a representative of a well-known aristocratic family, while studying at Oxford. After his arrival in Brideshead, the family estate of the Flytes, Charles falls into the whirlpool of bohemian life, and over the next years his fate is inextricably linked with this family.
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In Russia, literature has its own direction, different from any other. The Russian soul is mysterious and incomprehensible. The genre reflects both Europe and Asia, therefore the best classical Russian works are unusual, amaze with sincerity and vitality.
The main character is the soul. For a person, the position in society, the amount of money is not important, it is important for him to find himself and his place in this life, to find truth and peace of mind.
The books of Russian literature are united by the traits of a writer who possesses the gift of the great Word, who has completely devoted himself to this art of literature. Best Classics saw life not flatly, but multifaceted. They wrote about the life of not random destinies, but expressing being in its most unique manifestations.
Russian classics are so different, with different destinies, but they are united by the fact that literature is recognized as a school of life, a way of studying and developing Russia.
Russian classical literature was created by the best writers from different parts of Russia. It is very important where the author was born, because this determines his formation as a person, his development, and it also affects writing skills. Pushkin, Lermontov, Dostoevsky were born in Moscow, Chernyshevsky in Saratov, Shchedrin in Tver. Poltava region in Ukraine is the birthplace of Gogol, Podolsk province - Nekrasov, Taganrog - Chekhov.
The three great classics, Tolstoy, Turgenev and Dostoevsky, were absolutely different people, had different destinies, complex characters and great talents. They made a huge contribution to the development of literature, writing their best works, which still excite the hearts and souls of readers. Everyone should read these books.
Another important difference books of Russian classics - ridiculing the shortcomings of a person and his way of life. Satire and humor are the main features of the works. However, many critics said that this was all slander. And only true connoisseurs saw how the characters are both comical and tragic at the same time. Books like this always touch my heart.
Here you can find the best works of classical literature. You can download Russian classic books for free or read online, which is very convenient. 
We present to your attention the 100 best books of Russian classics. IN full list The books include the best and most memorable works of Russian writers. This literature known to everyone and recognized by critics from all over the world.
Of course, our list of top 100 books is just a small part of the best works of the great classics. It can be continued for a very long time.
One hundred books that everyone should read in order to understand not only how they used to live, what were the values, traditions, priorities in life, what they aspired to, but to find out in general how our world works, how bright and pure a soul can be and how valuable it is for a person, for the formation of his personality.
The top 100 list includes the best and most famous works of Russian classics. The plot of many of them is known from the school bench. However, some books are difficult to understand at a young age, and this requires wisdom that is acquired over the years.
Of course, the list is far from complete and can be continued indefinitely. Reading such literature is a pleasure. She not only teaches something, she radically changes lives, helps to realize simple things that we sometimes do not even notice.
We hope you enjoyed our list of classic Russian literature books. Perhaps you have already read something from it, but something not. Great opportunity to make your own personal list books, your top, which you would like to read.
Books are one of the greatest legacies of mankind. And if before the invention of printing, books were available only to a select caste of people, then books began to spread everywhere. In each new generation, talented writers were born who created world masterpieces of literature.
Great works have come down to us, but we are reading the classics less and less. The literary portal of Hedwig presents to your attention the 100 best books of all times and peoples that you must read. In this list you will find not only classical works, but also modern books that left their mark on history quite recently.
1 Mikhail Bulgakov
A novel that does not fit into the usual literary framework. Philosophy and everyday life, theology and fantasy, mysticism and realism, mysticism and lyrics are mixed in this story. And all these components are intertwined skillful hands into a coherent and vibrant story that can turn your world upside down. And yes, this is Buckley's favorite book!
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Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
A book from the school curriculum that is difficult to understand in a tender adolescence. The writer showed the duality of the human soul, when black is intertwined with white. The story of Raskolnikov, who is going through an internal struggle.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A small story that contains a huge life meaning. A story that makes you look at familiar things in a different way.
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Michael Bulgakov
A surprisingly subtle and sarcastic story about people and their vices. The story of an experiment that proved that it is possible to make a person out of an animal, but it is impossible to make an “animal” out of a person.
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Erich Maria Remarque
It is impossible to tell what this novel is about. The novel needs to be read, and then the understanding will come that this is not just a story, but a confession. Confession about love, friendship, pain. A story of despair and struggle.
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Jerome Salinger
The story of a teenager who, with his own eyes, shows his perception of the world, his point of view, the renunciation of the usual principles and foundations of the morality of society, which do not fit into his individual framework.
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Mikhail Lermontov
A lyric-psychological novel that tells about a man with a complex character. The author shows it from different angles. And the broken chronology of events makes you completely immerse yourself in the story.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
The legendary investigations of the great detective Sherlock, which reveal the meanness of the human soul. Stories told by friend and assistant detective Dr. Watson.
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Oscar Wilde
A story about pride, selfishness and a strong soul. A story that clearly shows what can happen to the soul of a person tormented by vices.
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
A fantastic trilogy about people and non-humans who fell under the power of the Ring of Omnipotence and its lord Sauron. The story of those who are ready to sacrifice the most precious and even their lives for the sake of friendship and saving the world.
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Mario Puzo
A novel about one of the most powerful mafia families in America of the last century - the Corleone family. Many people know the movie, so it's time to start reading.
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Erich Maria Remarque
After the First World War, many emigrants ended up in France. Among them is the talented German surgeon Ravik. This is the story of his life and love against the backdrop of the war.
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
The history of the Russian soul and stupidity. And the amazing style and language of the author makes the sentences sparkle with colors and shades that fully reveal the history of our people.
14
Colin McCullough
An amazing novel that tells not only about the love of a man and a woman and complex relationships, but also about feelings for family, native places and nature.
15
Emily Bronte
In a secluded estate lives a family whose house is filled with a tense atmosphere. Difficult relationships have deep roots that are hidden in the past. The story of Heathcliff and Catherine will not leave indifferent any reader.
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Erich Maria Remarque
book about war simple soldier. A book about how war breaks and cripples the souls of innocent people.
17
Hermann Hesse
The book simply turns all ideas about life upside down. After reading it, it is already impossible to get rid of the feeling that you have become one step closer to something incredible. This book has answers to many questions.
18
Stephen King
Paul Edgecomb former employee prison, which served in the block for convicts on death penalty. He tells the story of the life of suicide bombers who were destined to walk the Green Mile.
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Victor Hugo
Paris 15th century. On the one hand, it is full of grandeur, and on the other, it looks like a sewer. On the background historical events a love story unfolds - Quasimodo, Esmeralda and Claude Frollo.
21
Daniel Defoe
Diary of a sailor who was wrecked and lived alone on the island for 28 years. He had to endure too many trials.
22
Lewis Carroll
A strange and mysterious story about a girl who, in pursuit of a white rabbit, finds herself in a different and wonderful world.
23
Ernest Hemingway
There is war on the pages of the book, but even in a world full of pain and fear, there is a place for beauty. A wonderful feeling called love that makes us stronger.
24
Jack London
What can love do? Martin's love for the beautiful Ruth made him struggle. He overcame many obstacles to become something big. A story about spiritual development and personality formation.
25
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
A fantastic and captivating tale in which magic is intertwined with reality.
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We are Evgeny Zamyatin
The novel is a dystopia that describes an ideal society where there is no personal opinion, and everything happens according to a schedule. But even in such a society there is a place for freethinkers.
27
Ernest Hemingway
Frederick volunteered for the war, where he became a doctor. In the sanitary unit, where even the air is saturated with death, love is born.
28
Boris Pasternak
Beginning of the XX century. The Russian Empire has already embarked on the path of revolution. The story about the life of the intelligentsia of that time, as well as the book, raises questions of religion and touches on the mystery of life and death.
29
Vladimir Nabokov
A cautionary tale about people who betrayed their ideals. The book is about how light and beautiful feelings evolve into something dark and disgusting.
30
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
The greatest work that draws you into the story of Faust, who sold his soul to the Devil. By reading this book, you can go on the path of knowing life.
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Dante Alighieri
The work is in three parts. First we go to Hell, so that all 9 circles are against us. Then Purgatory awaits us, after passing which you can atone for your sins. And only when you reach the top you can get to Paradise.
32
Anthony Burgess
Not the most nice story but it shows the human essence. A story about how you can make an obedient and silent doll out of any person.
33
Victor Pelevin
A complex story that is difficult to understand the first time. A story about the life of a decadent poet who is looking for his own path, and Chapaev leads Peter to enlightenment.
34
William Golding
What will happen to the children if they are all alone? Children have a delicate nature, which is quite prone to vices. And cute kind children turn into real monsters.
35
Albert Camus
36
James Clavell
The story of an English sailor who, by the will of fate, ended up in Japan. An epic novel, where there are historical realities, intrigues, adventures and secrets.
37
Ray Bradbury
Collection fantasy stories narrating about the life of people on Mars. They almost destroyed the Earth, but what awaits another planet?
38
Stanislav Lem
This planet has an ocean. He is alive and has a mind. The researchers face the difficult task of transferring knowledge to the ocean. He will help make their dreams come true...
39
Hermann Hesse
The book is about an internal crisis that can happen to anyone. Internal devastation can destroy a person, if one day you don’t meet a person on the way who will give you just one book in your hands ...
40
Milan Kundera
Immerse yourself in the world of sensations and feelings of the libertine Tomasz, who is used to changing women so that no one dares to take away his freedom.
41
Boris Vian
Each of the company of friends has its own destiny. Everything goes easy and simple. Friendship. Love. Conversations. But one event can change everything and destroy the usual life.
42
Ian Banks
Frank tells the story of his childhood and describes the present. He has his own world, which can collapse at any moment. Unexpected turning points in the plot give a special flavor to the whole story.
43
John Irving
This book raises themes of family, childhood, friendship, love, betrayal and betrayal. This is the world in which we live with all the problems and shortcomings.
44
Michael Ondaatje
This book contains many topics - war, death, love, betrayal. But the main leitmotif is loneliness, which can take on a variety of forms.
46
Ray Bradbury
Books are our future, but what will happen if they are replaced by TV and one opinion? The answer to this question is given by a writer who was ahead of his time.
47
Patrick Suskind
The story of a crazy genius. His whole life is enclosed in smells. He will go to any lengths to create the perfect fragrance.
48
1984 George Orwell
Three totalitarian states where even thoughts are controlled. A world of hate, but there are people who can still resist the system.
49
Jack London
Alaska, late 19th century. The era of the gold rush. And among human greed lives a wolf named White Fang.
50
Jane Austen
There are only daughters in the Bennet family, and a distant relative is the heir. And if the head of the family dies, young girls will be left with nothing.
51
Evgeny Petrov and Ilya Ilf
Who does not know Ostap Bender and Kisa Vorobyaninov and their eternal failures, which are associated with the search for the ill-fated diamonds.
52
Fedor Dostoevsky
53
Charlotte Bronte
Jane became an orphan early, and life in her aunt's house was far from happy. And love for the strict and sullen man far from a romantic story.
54
Ernest Hemingway
A small story from the life of the most ordinary person. But reading this work, you penetrate into wonderful world which is full of emotions.
55
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
A wonderful novel filled with emotion. The pages of the book are waiting for the beginning of the 20th century, when people were full of illusions and hopes. This story is about values and true love.
56
Alexandr Duma
We are all familiar with the adventures of d'Artagnan and his closest friends. A book about friendship, honor, devotion, fidelity and love. And of course, like other works of the author, it was not without intrigue.
57
Ken Kesey
This story will be told to the reader by a patient in a psychiatric hospital. Patrick McMurphy ends up in prison, in a psychiatric ward. But some people think that he is just feigning his illness.
59
Victor Hugo
The novel describes the life of a runaway convict who is hiding from the authorities. After the flight, he had to go through a lot of hardships, but he was able to change his life. But police inspector Javert is ready to do anything to catch the criminal.
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Victor Hugo
The actor-philosopher met on his way a mutilated boy and a blind girl. He takes them under his care. Against the background of physical shortcomings, the perfection and purity of souls are clearly visible. And also this is a great contrast to the life of the aristocracy.
61
Vladimir Nabokov
The novel draws on its unhealthy web of passions and unhealthy love. The main characters gradually go crazy, subject to their base desire, like their whole world around them. This book will definitely not have a happy ending.
62
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
A fantastic story that describes the life of the stalker Redrick Shewhart, who extracts extraterrestrial artifacts from the anomalous Zones on Earth.
63
Richard Bach
Even a simple seagull can get bored with a gray life, and the routine has become boring. And then Chaika devotes his life to a dream. The seagull gives all his soul on the way to the cherished goal.
64
Bernard Werber
Michel got to the court of the archangels, where he will have to undergo the weighing of the soul. After the trial, he faces a choice - to go to earth in a new incarnation or become an angel. The path of an angel is not easy, just like the life of mere mortals.
65
Ethel Lilian Voynich
A story about freedom, duty and honor. And also about different types of love. In the first case, this is the love of a father for his son, which has survived many trials and will pass through generations. In the second case, it is love between a man and a woman, which is like a fire, then it goes out, then it flares up again.
66
John Fowles
He is a simple town hall attendant, lonely and lost. He has a passion - collecting butterflies. But one day he wanted a girl in his collection who conquered his soul.
67
Walter Scott
The narrative of the novel will take readers into the distant past. During the time of Richard Lion Heart and the first crusades. This is one of the first historical novels that everyone should read.
68
Bernhard Schlink
There are a lot of unanswered questions in the book. The book makes you think and analyze not only what is happening on the pages, but also your life. This is a story about love and betrayal that will not leave anyone indifferent.
69
Ayn Rand
Socialists come to power and head for equal opportunities. The authorities believe that the talented and wealthy should improve the well-being of others. But instead of a happy future, the familiar world plunges into chaos.
71
Somerset Maugham
The story of an actress who has been working in the theater all her life. And what is reality for her - a game on stage or a game in life? How many roles do you have to play every day?
72
Aldous Huxley
A dystopian novel. A satire novel. A world where Henry Ford became God, and the creation of the first Ford T car is considered the beginning of time. People are simply grown, but they know nothing about feelings.
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Albert Camus
Meursault lives a detached life. It seems that his life does not belong to him at all. He is indifferent to everything and even his actions are saturated with loneliness and renunciation of life.
76
Somerset Maugham
Philip's life story. He is an orphan and throughout his life he is not only looking for the meaning of life, but also for himself. And the main thing is to understand the world and people.
77
Irvine Welsh
The story of friends who one day discovered drugs and euphoria. Each character is unusual and quite smart. They valued life and friendship, but right up to the moment when heroin came first.
78
Herman Melville
Ahab, the captain of a whaling ship, has made it his life's goal to take revenge on a whale named Moby Dick. Wit ruined too many lives to keep him alive. But as soon as the captain starts hunting, mysterious and sometimes terrible events begin to occur on his ship.
79
Joseph Heller
One of the best books about World War II. In it, the author was able to show the senselessness of war and the monstrous absurdity of the state machine.
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William Faulkner
Four characters, each of which tells his version of events. And to understand what in question, you need to read to the end, where the puzzles will form a single picture of life and secret desires.
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Joanne Rowling
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Roger Zelazny
Classic fantasy genre. The chronicles are divided into two volumes of 5 books. In this cycle, one can find travel in space and time, wars, intrigues, betrayal, as well as loyalty and courage.
84
Andrzej Sapkowski
One of the best fantasy series. The series includes 8 books, while the last one is "Season of Thunderstorms", it is better to read after the first or second book. This is a story about the Witcher and his adventures, his life and love, and also about the girl Ciri, who can change the world.
85
Honore de Balzac
An amazing story about the boundless and sacrificial love father to children. About a love that was never reciprocated. About the love that killed Father Goriot.
86
Günther Grass
The story is about a boy named Oskar Macerath who, with the coming to power of the National Socialists in Germany, refuses to grow up in protest. Thus, he expresses his protest against the changes in German society.
87
Boris Vasiliev
A poignant tale of war. About true love for parents, friends, and the Motherland. This story must be read to feel the whole emotional component of this story.
88
Stendhal
The story of Julien Sorel and the soul, in which there is a confrontation between two feelings: passion and ambition. The two feelings are so intertwined that it is often impossible to tell them apart.
89
Lev Tolstoy
An epic novel that describes an entire era, delving into historical realities and art world that time. War will be replaced by peace, and the peaceful life of the characters depends on the war. Many heroes with unique characters.
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Gustave Flaubert
This story is recognized the greatest work world literature. Emma Bovary dreams of a beautiful social life, but her husband, a provincial doctor, cannot satisfy her requests. She finds lovers, but can they fulfill Madame Bovary's dream?
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Chuck Palahniuk
No matter how much the work of this author was scolded, it cannot be denied that his book "Fight Club" is one of the symbols of our generation. This is a story about people who decided to change this dirty world. A story about a man who was able to resist the system.
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Markus Zusak
Winter Germany in 1939, when Death has too much work to do, and six months later there will be more work to do. A story about Liesel, about fanatical Germans, about a Jewish fighter, about thefts and about the power of words.
93
Alexander Pushkin
The novel in verse tells the story of the fate of the noble intelligentsia with their vices and selfishness. And at the center of the story is a love story without a happy ending.
94
George Martin
A fantastic story about another world ruled by kings and lived by dragons. Love, betrayal, intrigue, war and death, and all for the sake of power.
95
David Mitchell
History of the past, present and future. Stories of people from different times. But these stories form a single picture of our entire world.
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Stephen King
Fantastic cycle of novels of the master of horrors. In this series there is an interweaving of genres. The books closely coexist with horror, western, science fiction and other genres. This is the story of the gunslinger Roland, who is looking for the Dark Tower.
97
Haruki Murakami
A story about human destinies in Japan in the 1960s. A story about human loss. Memoirs of Tooru, which will introduce the reader to different people and their stories.
98
Andy Weir
By chance, an astronaut is left alone on a space base on Mars. He has a limited amount of resources, but there is no connection with people. But he does not give up, he believes that they will return for him.
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Samuel Beckett
An amazing play where everyone defines the mysterious personality of Godot for himself. The author makes it possible to find the answer to the question "who is he?". specific person? Strong personality? Collective image? Or God?
There are many more books that I would like to include in this list. Therefore, dear readers, write in the comments about those books that you consider the best. We will add books to the top and with your help we will expand it to the top 1000 books of all time.
Domestic fiction has always been characterized by a focus on displaying the inner world of heroes. This is the main feature of the work of Russian writers. The ability to describe the morals of the characters in such a way that the reader has a vivid emotional response is admired by many critics of past centuries and the present. Description of spiritual contradictions, overcoming moral obstacles, attempts to find the right solution in situations where personal needs are in confrontation with public ideas about duty and decency, finding one's own way - all this the best Russian books hide behind their bindings and covers. The current review contains works that have played a significant role in the personal development of more than one generation. Non-trivial plots, memorable characters that have become symbols of eras, elements of merciless sarcasm and sad irony are perceived by readers in different ways, but even those who are not used to absorbing the meaning of printed lines with every cell do not remain indifferent open heart. So, top 10 best Russian books of all times.
10. Two captains, Veniamin Kaverin
Written by the Soviet prose writer Veniamin Kaverin, even during the life of the author, this novel brought the creator the highest literary award that time in the USSR - Stalin Prize. Sustained in the spirit of patriotic heroism and adventurous adventures, the work tells about the amazing intersection of the destinies of two worthy people era. The dangerous expedition of Captain Tatarinov to the northern shores haunted Sanka Grigoriev with early childhood. Having matured, the young man decides to repeat the route of the brave navigator. On this difficult path, many unexpected meetings and discoveries, as well as the opportunity to find love and discover qualities in yourself, the presence of which in other circumstances is difficult to guess. Some of the heroes of the story real prototypes. The expedition to the land of eternal ice is described with the accuracy with which it is possible to interpret the circumstances described in the diaries of the members of the team of researchers of the Arctic waters Brusilov and Sedov.
9. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Included in the school curriculum, the philosophical novel of the great Russian classic F. M. Dostoevsky undoubtedly provides much more reason for reflection than the minds of high school students can capture. However, the work can influence the formation of their inner views and beliefs, become a motivating phenomenon for the desire to form their own opinion and tell others about it. The question of whether a person has the right to dispose of someone else's life (even in the context of the subsequent performance of good deeds) is one of the eternally relevant. The protagonist is a student who has overcome the threshold of poverty and is steadily striving for a social abyss, for poverty. Desperation leads him to the idea of getting money by committing murder. Justifying his act, Raskolnikov convinces himself that the future victim is an unworthy person, and her means will help many more noble people to improve their lives. Does the hero have reason to reason in this way when his main opponent is his own conscience? In this inevitable dialogue, there are obviously losers, but the outcome becomes known only after the fatal decision is made.
8. Dead Souls, Nikolai Gogol
The work, conceived by the author in the format of three volumes, has a genre definition unusual for a prosaic text. Gogol called his epistolary work a poem and presented it to the world in 1842. Masterfully using the technique of generalization where appropriate, the author managed to create an encyclopedic collection of characters of representatives of various social strata of the middle of the century before last. In the center of the presentation is the adventurer Chichikov. He accumulates around him people who embody bright and eloquent images of landowners, noble or ruined. The task of a visiting guest is to acquire serfs, who, according to documents, are considered deceased. What caused such interest, and which souls are actually long dead? An immortal literary classic and one of the best Russian books appears as a field for limitless knowledge in the ephemeral sphere of human passions.
7. Amphibian Man, Alexander Belyaev
The Amphibian Man is one of the best Russian science fiction books that has gained immense popularity among the readers of Soviet society and has remained the standard of the corresponding genre in the modern world. Based on Dr. Salvator's amazing experiment. Originally with the noble goal of saving the life of a dying child, the surgical experience resulted in a man with the unique ability to breathe underwater. The sea became a native element for Ichthyander, however insidious people decide to use the hero's powers to their advantage. love line organically fits into the plot and adds sensuality to the narrative, provokes empathy. The struggle for life and love, merged into a single weighty reason to resist evil, prompted talented Soviet directors to create art picture, which gathered at the screens a record number of viewers for that time.
6. Heart of a Dog, Mikhail Bulgakov
A vivid personification of the essence of the socialist society that was formed by the 20s of the last century. The amazing ability to embody the spirit of the era in the characters literary heroes possessed by the brilliant writer Mikhail Bulgakov. His hero, Professor Preobrazhensky, demonstrates an unusual revolutionary spirit. scientific ideas constantly performing extraordinary surgeries. Their action is aimed at obtaining results that mark unprecedented progress in medicine. Another job - transplantation of the pituitary gland of a deceased person to a dog. To the surprise of the genius himself, the object not only survives, but amazingly finds a place in the new society. Taking on the features of a real activist, the new Sharik, named according to the documents as Polygraph Poligrafovich, does not respect the creator, tries to force him out of his personal apartments, writes slander, and conducts provocative indecent speeches in public. These manifestations of character help the hero get the position of chief in the structure for the fight against those to whom Sharikov himself only recently belonged, namely, stray dogs. Only the professor can rein in time again and correct the mistake, which soon begins to threaten his life and well-being. But how is this possible?
5. Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
In the middle of the ranking of the best Russian books is The Brothers Karamazov. The work can be safely assessed as a successful attempt to revise, understand and evaluate moral religious values through the prism of relationships between members of a separate family. Dostoevsky again set up a provocative experiment on human self-consciousness, clearly displayed the serious struggle within the boundaries of the soul of each of the three brothers and their father. The novel is complex, but the insane interest in it arises due to the interweaving of the psychological aspects of the personality and the external religious instructions to which it is subjected. The final point is self-acceptance and finding God within, and not subconsciously forced humility. But which of the brothers will be able to achieve this knowledge before the sins become irreversible, and how useful will it be to them? A connoisseur of mental torment, Fyodor Mikhailovich created Mitya, Alyosha, Ivan and Fyodor Karamazov on the pages of the novel in such a way that the possibility of their real existence is beyond doubt.
4. White Guard, Mikhail Bulgakov
There is nothing more destructive for a country than a war within its borders. Open armed struggle between the inhabitants of the once united state affects the life of every citizen, forcing him to make choices for which it is impossible to be prepared. The civil war finds the intelligent Turbin family in Kyiv. The heroes become witnesses of how the familiar reality changes daily, requiring them to take active actions at every step. Someone prefers to accept and passively watch how everything that was once of great value turns into dust and dirt underfoot. Others dare to enter into confrontation and defend in any way the right to life, love, a natural manifestation of justice and freedom.
3. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
The grandiose epic, which embodies the curious biographies of entire family clans and chronicles of the events of the war with Napoleon, opens the top three Russian books. Four volumes - an impressive panorama that sweeps before the reader as a bright whirlwind of extraordinary destinies. Bezukhovs, Kuragins, Rostovs, Bolkonskys - these names became common nouns and excluded oblivion for their representatives, thanks to the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The character of each character is drawn so carefully that it is very difficult to remain indifferent to the events of his life. The circumstances in which the author places the characters remain in the memory and acquire nominal characteristics. What is the scene where Prince Bolkonsky is given to reflections at the old oak tree! Tolstoy masterfully shows the evolution of the human soul against the background of external objective metamorphoses. The total time of the described actions is approaching 15 years. Only the epilogue will make you understand the scale of the influence of this period on the characters, and what is read on the reader.
2. Quiet Don, Mikhail Sholokhov
The beginning of the last century was marked for Russia by a series of political and social cataclysms that became life-changing trials for people of all faiths and religions. social statuses. Characters of Sholokhov's novel - Don Cossacks. During the war of 1914-1918 and subsequent civil armed clashes, during the formation of a new government and radical changes in the foundations of the state structure, the protagonist of the epic named Grigory Melekhov is tormented by the need to make a moral and factual choice. There is a sharp political line in the novel, created on the basis of Gregory's definition in relation to the formed power structures, and a lyrical one. Melekhov turns out to be married to a girl he does not love, and happiness with the desired Aksinya seems to be elusive. Time passes, the hero is forced to put up with the consequences of his own decisions, the significance of which he failed to properly assess in time. A powerful impact on the reader is formed due to the talented description of the steppe landscapes, which allows a deeper understanding of the true loneliness and suffering from the loss of the protagonist. A worthy second place in the list of the best books by Russian writers.
1. Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
Tops our small list of the best Russian books "Master and Margarita". Everything is mixed up in this literary masterpiece: past and present, religion and aggressive atheism, diabolical and sinless, vices and ideals, genius and mediocrity, love and base manifestations of passions. Bulgakov worked on the novel until the end of his earthly path. The version of the work available to the public was released due to the efforts and hard work of the writer's wife. Capital Theme Russian state The 1930s reveals catastrophic wormholes in the hearts of its inhabitants. The leitmotif of the confrontation between the worldviews of the Fifth Procurator of Judea and one of those condemned to death by him makes you mentally touch eternity and feel its frightening constancy. An absorbing story of sensual affection, captivating elements of mysticism, capacious quotes that remain relevant, encourage you to read the novel to the last line and absorb the meaning of each word, chosen with amazing accuracy.
The best Russian books described are valuable treasures of the epistolary genre. Numerous film adaptations of classic stories are the work of not only Russian directors, but also foreign ones. The popularity of Russian classics among representatives of the foreign cultural community is explained by the constant efforts to understand and explain the motives of the secretive and therefore mysterious soul of the Russian people. Domestic readers can only be proud and admire such a rich, inspiring and amazing literary heritage.
