Introduction to the Russian Novel

<p>In this book first published in 1943 Janko Lavrin provides an overview of the development of the Russian novel by placing the great Russian novelists – Tolstoy Dostoevsky Turgenev Gorky Gogol – in relation to their native literature and their social political and cultural backgrounds. <i>An Introduction to the Russian Novel </i>will appeal particularly to students of Russian literature and culture as well as those interested in the development of the novel in general. </p>