Russian literature has always been valued in the world. The Russian soul is mysterious and incomprehensible. The literature that studies it reflects both Europe and Asia, therefore the best classical Russian works are unusual, amaze with sincerity and vitality. In 2009, the list of the hundred best books of all time was presented by the American magazine Newsweek. The publication rated the epic novel "War and Peace" higher than the Bible and Homer's "Iliad": the work is given the first line here. The list of the best books of all time also includes Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Demons, Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. The multi-volume series of collections "25 Masterpieces of Russian Literature" is designed to present the reader with works that have received worldwide recognition and love. Read in this volume: 1. Fyodor Dostoevsky: Idiot 2. Fyodor Dostoevsky: The boy at Christ on the Christmas tree 3. Fyodor Dostoevsky: An honest thief 4. Leo Tolstoy: The Kreutzer Sonata 5. Leo Tolstoy: After the ball 6. Leo Tolstoy: Father Sergius 7. Nikolai Gogol: Taras Bulba 8. Nikolai Gogol: Viy 9. Nikolai Gogol: Carriage 10. Anton Chekhov: Ward No. 6 11. Anton Chekhov: Chameleon 12. Anton Chekhov: Thick and thin 13. Anton Chekhov: Death of an official 14. Alexander Pushkin: Eugene Onegin 15. Alexander Pushkin: Poems are not for ladies 16. Alexander Pushkin: Shot 17. Ivan Turgenev: Mumu 18. Maxim Gorky: Old Woman Izergil 19. Nikolai Leskov: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District 20. Alexander Kuprin: Olesya 21. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin: Karas-idealist 22. Konstantin Paustovsky: Warm bread 23. Mikhail Bulgakov: Zoya's apartment 24. Mikhail Bulgakov: Rooster Towel 25. Mikhail Bulgakov: Holiday with syphilis

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