Accused of political subversion as a young man, Dostoyevsky was sentenced to 4 years of hard labor at a Siberian prison camp. Years later, he developed this semi-autobiographical memoir of a man condemned to penal servitude for murdering his wife. This haunting and remarkable work ranks amoung Dosto[...]

This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas includes the works of Anton Chekhov, Colette, Henry James, Herman Melville, and Leo Tolstoy. These collectible editions are the first single-volume publications of these classic tales, offering a closer look at this underappreciated literary form [...]

Turgenev's most celebrated story, considered one of the great classics of world literature, examines the conflict of generations and attitudes in mid-19th century Russia, as distant precursors of the revolution rumble through the rural landscape. When Arkady Kirasanov returns home from college, he b[...]

Dostoevsky's best-known and most groundbreaking work appears in this new edition in a revision of the "Constance Garnett" translation with an introduction by Charles Guignon and Kevin Aho. The introduction places the underground man in the historical context of nineteenth-century modernity's movemen[...]

"Fathers and Sons," by Ivan Turgenev, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable feat[...]