Reading lists: The Civil War of 1812,
(mostly) Russian literature

2020.05.07, by Akihiko
Filed under Books, History, Journal, Personal

…Well, Tolly’s been fronting more than anyone. Lots of reading. He drew a list[1] of 19 significant authors praised by Voronsky and their major works available in English [for free]. Well, most of them. Bernhard Kellerman’s Der Tunnel is still in German, and Ivan Shmelyov’s The Man from the Restaurant is in Spanish. And Alexander Serafimovich’s The Iron Flood, we had to order. But all the other authors have major works in English freely accessible on the Internet.

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