Tag: russia

7 books with this tag.

Often combined with: classics (5)

Leo Tolstoy · 1869

Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

2,536-word summary · 11 min read

Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.

2,535-word summary · 11 min read

Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.

2,512-word summary · 11 min read

Ken Follett · 2010

Five families from Wales to Russia live through World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the fight for women's votes.

2,255-word summary · 10 min read

Amor Towles · 2016

Count Rostov lives under house arrest in the Metropol and builds family from staff.

2,139-word summary · 10 min read

Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1866

Raskolnikov kills a pawnbroker to prove he is beyond morals, then unravels under Porfiry and Sonya.

3,206-word summary · 14 min read

Leo Tolstoy · 1878

Anna leaves Karenin for Vronsky while Levin seeks faith and farming outside Moscow.

3,942-word summary · 18 min read