All the Charm, All the Beauty of Life is Made Up of Light and Shadow
by Charlotte Reads Classics
As many of you will have already seen, o is reading Russian Literature in 2014.
A plan I had for this year but made no progress with whatsoever, other than writing many many enthusiastic posts about Anna Karenina. At the moment the list I am considering is:
- Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy, again, always
- War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
- Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Fathers and Sons, Ivan Turgenev
- Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- A Hero of Our Time, Mikhail Lermontov
There are some re-reads but mostly I’d like to read the fill some of the more obvious gaps in my knowledge. I do love this time of year when it comes to making reading lists, and plans, and lists, and piles of books stacked by the bed, and more lists, and ambition, and learning, and more and more lists of life changing books.
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What a lovely reading plan! I have read half of those books and own the others – enjoy!
Thank you, I have high hopes for this one, especially as the few re-reads I have on there are some of my all time favourites 🙂
I’m considering Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment too. And I’d love to re-read Doctor Zhivago …
Doctor Zhivago is the one that I always want to read but never get around to, so it’s a high priority for next year. Same with Crime and Punishment, although the thought of that is more intimidating…
that’s a challenging reading list. I’d be happy if I read even one of them in a year. All the best to you 🙂
Thank you, I always make slightly too ambitious reading lists, but I will do my best to get through most of them!
Glad you’re joining 🙂
I’m loving making lists as well. Still haven’t sorted out all my challenges, though -looking forward to that post!
Hey! I thought I’d give you a heads up to a Classic Courses on Russian Literature I found on Audible. I Had no idea they had lecture series on a wide range of subjects. Anyway. When I saw the Russian classics series, I thought your your 2014 challenge.
http://www.audible.com/pd/Classics/Classics-of-Russian-Literature-Audiobook/B00D99STMA