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The Russian Classics Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 12 classic novels and short stories by Russian authors, read by an award-winning cast of narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Tolstoy; Dostoyevsky; Chekhov; Gogol; Turgenev; and more.

In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul.

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, a groundbreaking work that inspired George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Features Gregory Zilboorg’s acclaimed English translation from 1924.

In a world so subversive that the Soviet Union deemed it too dangerous, We follows D-503, a cog in the perfect machine of the United State—a totalitarian society where order and mathematical precision reign supreme. As he traverses the glass sidewalks and meticulously documents his existence in records, he begins to grapple with an unsettling notion the emergence of what the doctors term a soul. This groundbreaking novel not only inspired Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ayn Rands Anthem, but it also offers poignant insights into the interplay of technology and individuality that ...

We is hailed as one of the pioneering dystopian novels, laying the groundwork for future classics like George Orwells 1984 and Aldous Huxleys Brave New World. Set in a chilling totalitarian future where conformity reigns supreme and individuality is shunned, the narrative unfolds through the eyes of a society member witnessing the disintegration of everything he holds dear as others dare to pursue freedom of thought and action. This powerful tale explores the enduring clash between independent individualism and the oppressive force of mob mentality. Authored by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin,...

Those who live in this futuristic city are always taken care of but they lack creativity and individuality. This all changes when a mathematician named D-503 discovers that he has a soul that is separate from the OneState. He and the citizens of OneState live out their lives deprived of passion and creativity. Their names have been taken away and replaced with numbers, their daily routines are dictated by the “Time Tablet” which tells them what they should do, and when they should do it, hour after hour.

From sweeping tales of war and philosophy to darkly comic journeys through bureaucracy and haunting visions of dystopia, this collection gathers some of the most profound and provocative works ever written. Each novel offers a unique window into the complexities of the human condition, set against the backdrop of Russia's rich and turbulent history.

We (Russian: Мы, romanized: My) is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, written 1920–1921. The novel was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state. It is believed that the novel had a huge influence on the works of Orwell and Huxley, as well as on the emergence of the genre of dystopia.

In a utopian future society, where all social unrest has been engineered away, a man has an awakening. Starting as a happy worker drone, he meets a woman who reveals to him the reality of life outside the state's control - the glories of chaotic nature in the world and in the heart. They become entwined with a conspiracy against the state, and eventually try to escape beyond the walls of the state's control... only to meet betrayal, failure, and a dark ending in the glorious light of the state's total control.