Quiet Don. In Two Volumes

The epic novel by Mikhail Sholokhov "Quiet Don" is one of the most significant, large-scale, and talented works of Russian-speaking literature, which earned the author the Nobel Prize.
The action of the novel takes place amid the most important events in... the history of Russia in the first half of the 20th century—the revolution and civil war—which changed not only the ancient way of life of the Don Cossacks, to which the main character Grigory Melekhov belongs, but also the fate and appearance of the entire country.
In this grand work, there is room for nearly everything captivating that artistic literature can offer its readers: here you will find great historical realities, romantic intrigues, descriptions of the daily life of long-gone ways of life, numerous heroic and tragic events, created with great artistic power and skill, all the more remarkable given that Mikhail Sholokhov was twenty years old at the time of writing the first part of the novel.