Russian novel
Fiction from that vast nation
A Russian novel is a long, complex work of fiction, typically by a 19th-century Russian author like Tolstoy or Dostoevsky.
The phrase often implies sprawling narratives with large casts of characters, psychological depth, and themes of suffering, morality, and social upheaval.
Used figuratively for anything with similar qualities: My family drama is basically a Russian novel.
- tortured soulOne in profound anguish
- Bolshevik Revolution1917 communist coup in Russia
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- realismAccepting things as they are
Fyodor Dostoevsky · Crime and Punishment · Anton Chekhov · Leo Tolstoy · morality · human suffering · moral struggle · tragic hero · psychological depth · spirituality · Soviet Union · serfdom · philosophical dialogue · Orthodox Church · Alexander Pushkin · alienation · love and betrayal · symbolism
- world literatureworld literature, American literature, Japanese fiction, African American literature, translated works
- Russian LiteratureTolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Pushkin, Nabokov
- Slavic culturePolish, Ukrainian, Czech, Serbian, Croatian
- Russian ClassicsWar and Peace, Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, Doctor Zhivago
- Slavic LiteratureDostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Pushkin, Nabokov
- Slavic criticismformalism, structuralism, Bakhtin, defamiliarization, Prague School
Russian novelflash fiction
Ultra-short story genre
short story · haiku · vignette · microfiction · drabble
Russian novelbeach read
Light vacation novel
rom-com · cozy mystery · chick lit · light entertainment · farce
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