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Where do I start to read classic Russian literature?

Question by Nikola: I’m am trying to read some classic russian literature, where to start?

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Answer by scott
What do you mean “trying”? As in in order to learn the Russian language?
Depends on what your level is.

I’d say don’t bother unless you’re a very advanced speaker, because the language in the classic works is at times bookish and not in spoken use.

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  1. Aleksandria says

    Alexander Pushkin ‘Eugene Onegin’, ‘Ruslan and Ludmila’
    Mikhail Lermontov ‘A Hero of Our Time’
    Nikolai Gogol ‘Dead Souls’, ‘The Overcoat’, ‘The Government Inspector’
    Ivan Turgenev ‘Fathers anda Sons’, ‘A Sportsman’s Sketches’/’ The Hunter’s Sketches’
    Mikhail Bulgakov ‘The Master and Margarita’, ‘Heart of a Dog’, ‘A Country Doctor’s Notebook’
    Aleksandr Griboyedov ‘Woe from Wit’
    Poetry:
    Alexander Pushkin, Afanasy Fet, Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Tyutchev; Fyodor Sologub, Ivan Bunin, Sergei Yesenin, Nikolay Gumilev, Alexander Blok, Valery Bryusov, Konstantin Balmont, Innokenty Annensky, Marina Tsvetaeva, Anna Akhmatova

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