Russian Literature for Everyone. From The Tale of Igor's Campaign to Lermontov. Classic Reading!

Igor Nikolaevich Sukhikh — literary scholar, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor at Saint Petersburg University, writer, critic. Author of numerous studies on the history of Russian literature of the 19th-20th centuries, including the books «Problems of Chekhov's Poetics», «Chekhov in Life: Plots for a Small Novel», «From... to... Essays on Russian Literature», «Sergei Dovlatov: Time, Place, Destiny», «Structure and Meaning: Theory of Literature for Everyone», «Books of the 20th Century. The Russian Canon» and others, as well as textbooks on literature that have become favorites among students and teachers.
The three-volume work «Russian Literature for Everyone» (first edition in 2013) is a guide to domestic classics, aimed at 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 current, already fourth edition is supplemented with new chapters — «Folklore: from Epic to Chastushka», «Stories of the Time of Troubles: Happiness and Misfortune», «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«Russian Literature for Everyone» is one of those rare books that do not become outdated over time.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 dreary science and that a serious conversation about literature can be not only enlightening but also fascinating.