Psychology books set in Russia (5)


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Seven Hanged by Leonid Andreyev EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
'It was like walking along the knife-edge of the highest possible mountain range, seeing life on one side and death on the other in the form of two deep, gorgeous and gleaming seascapes.' This astonishing novella from 1908, newly translated for Little Black Classics by War and Peace translator Anthony Briggs, probes the emotions and experiences of seven people condemned to death in Tsarist Russia. A powerful and subtle exploration of the morality of capital punishment, it was a bestseller at the time, and, in a strange quirk of history, influenced the conspirators in the cataclysmic assassinat... continue

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Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin EN

Rating: 4 (7 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
Still the benchmark of Russian literature 175 years after its first publication—now in a marvelous new translation Pushkin's incomparable poem has at its center a young Russian dandy much like Pushkin in his attitudes and habits. Eugene Onegin, bored with the triviality of everyday life, takes a trip to the countryside, where he encounters the young and passionate Tatyana. She falls in love with him but is cruelly rejected. Years later, Eugene Onegin sees the error of his ways, but fate is not on his side. A tragic story about love, innocence, and friendship, this beautifully written tale is a... continue

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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
Considered one of the world's greatest novels, this controversial classic offers modern readers a vivid, timeless depiction of the clash between the older Russian aristocracy and the youthful radicalism that foreshadowed the revolution. Includes a new Introduction. Reissue.

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Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky EN

Rating: 4 (6 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
A collection of powerful stories by one of the masters of Russian literature, illustrating Fyodor Dostoyevsky's thoughts on political philosophy, religion and above all, humanity. From the primitive peasant who kills without understanding that he is destroying a human life, to the anxious antihero of Notes From Underground—a man who both craves and despises affection—this volume and its often-tormented characters showcase Dostoyevsky’s evolving outlook on man’s fate. The compelling works presented here were written at distinct periods in the author’s life, at decisive moments in his groping fo... continue

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Memorias del subsuelo by Fiodor Mijaïlovich Dostoevskiï ES

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
En el tono airado y vitriólico de los misántropos y sin orden previo alguno, el narrador del subsuelo, un revirado funcionario medio de la ciudad de San Petersburgo, da cuenta, a sus cuarenta años, de ciertos aspectos de su vida en un convulsivo desgrane de recuerdos. Su discurso lo destina a la humanidad entera y oscila entre el ensayo filosófico y la representación en secuencias de su personalidad pusilánime y enferma.