I want to get into Russian lit, but don't know where to

pushkin

>>9843464
Start with the greeks

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Start with The D

>>9843464
Gogol

>>9843464
What translation of Chekhovs stories should i read. Thinking of just P&V

>>9843573
This as well

>>9843570
dis

Oh yeah, if you into more contemporary lit, maybe you can check Metro 2033. No joke, the game isent as good as the book. Artyom in the book is completely different from the game

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Laurus

>>9843464
the language

The hero of our time Lermontov.

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>>9843464
I'm Russian, so I have no idea about the translation quality. Most people agree that Pushkin started Russian literature as we know it and was followed by Gogol and Lermontov. Their writings all influenced each other and everybody who stepped in after them, so I would suggest starting with them if you want to get the whole picture.

The absolute essentials for a westerner, IMHO, are Dostoevsky, Bulgakov and Solzhenitsyn. Probably Tolstoy and Chekhov. I never understood why you guys like these two so much, but they seem to be popular and influential abroad. Picrelated looks like an OK chart, although I'd pass on Saltykov-Schedrin and Tale of the Troika (if you're into sci-fi, try their other works like 'Hard to Be a God' or 'Monday Begins on Saturday'). And, of course, read 'The Gulag Archipelago'.

>>9844532
What about Eugene Onegin translated by Nabokov? I would imagine there is some merit to it even if it is mostly Nabokovs

>>9844544
Watch Tchaikovsky's onegin

>>9844532
Found picrelated in my chart folder, might help someone.

>>9844544
Haven't read it, but I'd guess that it's a really great translation. Nabokov was proficient in both Russian and American cultures and was a talented writer.

>>9844589
Also a safe bet.

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>>9844674
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Sumarokov.

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>>9843467
>>9843464
Pushkin is overrated and dry for non-Russian speakers.
Start with Notes from Underground by Dostoyevsky