A Ray of Light in the Dark Kingdom

This collection includes the most well-known critical articles by Belinsky and Dobrolyubov. They will allow the reader to better understand the masterpieces of Russian classical literature in the context of the era of their writing and first publications. The works of Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Ostrovsky, and other great masters of Russian poetry, prose, and drama will seem to be rediscovered by the reader, along with the vivid social response to them, their burning relevance for Russian society in the 19th century, and the socio-psychological typicality of the phenomena, images, and characters depicted in them.