Russian Literature for Everyone. From Gogol to Chekhov. Classy Reading!

Igor Nikolayevich Sukhiikh — literary scholar, Doctor of Philological Sciences, professor at St. Petersburg State University, writer, critic. Author of numerous studies on the history of Russian literature of the 19th–20th centuries, including the books «The Problems of Chekhov's Poetics», «Chekhov in Life: Stories for a Short Novel», «From... to... Essays on Russian Literature», «Sergei Dovlatov: Time, Place, Fate», «Structure and Meaning: Literature Theory for Everyone», «Books of the 20th Century. The Russian Canon» and others, as well as textbooks on literature that have become beloved by students and teachers.

The three-volume set «Russian Literature for Everyone» (first edition — 2013) — is a guide to domestic classics, addressed to the broadest reading audience. It provides an overview of the national literary canon — from «The Tale of Igor's Campaign» to authors of the late 20th century. This, the fourth edition, has been supplemented with new chapters — «Folklore: From Epic to Chastushka», «Novels of the Time of Troubles: Happiness-Unhappiness», «A. D. Kantemir», «A. N. Radishchev», «N. S. Leskov», expanded chapters on Saltykov-Shchedrin and Gorky, as well as a large section «The Language of Russian Writers».

«Russian Literature for Everyone» — is one of those rare books that do not become outdated over time. It once again proves that philology — is not a dull science and that a serious conversation about literature can be not only informative but also captivating.