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From left to right: The Night Before the Exam by Leonid Pasternak (1895), used as a cover by Penguin Classics for The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Gogol Burning the Manuscript of the Second Part of "Dead Souls" by Ilya Repin (1909); Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Ivan Kramskoi (1883), often associated with Leo Tolstoy's titular character Anna Karenina.


This research guide will connect you to primary works, reference works, print books and e-books, databases for articles, and other information sources for 19th-century Russian Literature, also known as the Golden Age of Russian Literature.


The Russian Golden Age refers to most of the 19th-century works of Russian literature and art, where numerous Russian writers and artists produced works that reached new heights of acclaim and prestige. In literature, the term encompasses the genres of Romanticism and Realism.

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This research guide was created by Agaretha Kosasih, English Department Intern, December 2024


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