The Russian Golden Age

1833-1899· 12 works

Pushkin, Gogol, Goncharov, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov - Russia’s golden age: moral, psychological, philosophical, and world-historical.

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The Russian Golden Age, Ranked

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4The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky1880The Age of the NovelHardEpic9127690NovelRussian
7Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy1877The Age of the NovelEasyEpic8317692NovelRussian
27Fathers and Sons Ivan Turgenev1862The Age of the NovelEasyShort2285448NovelRussian
28The Idiot Fyodor Dostoevsky1869The Age of the NovelHardEpic7325449NovelRussian
40Oblomov Ivan Goncharov1859The Age of the NovelModerateLong5405242NovelRussian
44The Death of Ivan Ilych Leo Tolstoy1886The Age of the NovelEasyShort2245248NovelRussian
47Devils Fyodor Dostoevsky1872The Age of the NovelHardEpic7045348NovelRussian
60War and Peace Leo Tolstoy1869The Age of the NovelEasyEpic1,4407688Historical FictionRussian
76Notes from Underground Fyodor Dostoevsky1864The Age of the NovelHardQuick1365278NovelRussian
85Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky1866The Age of the NovelHardLong5607794NovelRussian
124Eugene Onegin Alexander Pushkin1833RomanticismModerateShort2405546NovelRussian
132Dead Souls Nikolai Gogol1842RomanticismModerateLong4645546SatireRussian