The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
May 2009 · Naxos AudioBooks · Narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt
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The Master and Margarita is one of the most famous and best-selling Russian novels of the twentieth century, despite its surreal environment of talking cats, Satan and mysterious happenings. Naxos AudioBooks presents this careful abridgement of a new translation in an imaginative reading by the charismatic Julian Rhind-Tutt. With War and Peace and Crime and Punishment among the Naxos AudioBooks best-sellers, this too promises to be a front title.
The Master and Margarita is one of the most famous and best-selling Russian novels of the twentieth century, despite its surreal environment of talking cats, Satan and mysterious happenings. Naxos AudioBooks presents this careful abridgement of a new translation in an imaginative reading by the c...
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amaury mallo
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March 23, 2026
A very Shakespearean portrayal of the supernatural: ubiquitous proud and meddlesome. More human than human, in some sense.Implicit in the text is the claim that the opposite of God is not the devil, but man and our own best laid plans. Also, an excellent reputation of Nietzsche's nihilism. If Nietzsche claims that God is replaced by the Ubermensch and his Will to Power, Bulgakov asserts that God will be replaced by the love and devotions that we carry in our heart. Personally, it is very defeating to know that what you wish to say to the world has already been said and much in the way that you would hope to say it. But it is a beautiful beautiful book no less. very surprised to see such a Christian book written during the early Soviet era, but what do I know? 10/10
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Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov was a Russian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer best known for his use of humor and satire. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 15, 1891, and graduated from the Medical School of Kiev University in 1916. He served as a field doctor during World War I. Bulgakov's association with the Moscow Art Theater began in 1926 with the production of his play The Days of the Turbins, which was based on his novel The White Guard. His work was popular, but since it ridiculed the Soviet establishment, was frequently censored. His satiric novel The Heart of a Dog was not published openly in the U.S.S.R. until 1987. Bulgakov's plays including Pushkin and Moliere dealt with artistic freedom. His last novel, The Master and Margarita, was not published until 1966-67 and in censored form. Bulgakov died in Moscow on March 10, 1940.
Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov was a Russian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer best known for his use of humor and satire. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 15, 1891, and graduated from the Medical School of Kiev University in 1916. He served as a field doctor during World War I. Bulg...
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