| 5 | INTRODUCTION |
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I
EARLY WORKS |
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| 13 |
The Azure Steppe
Tales from the Don |
| II | |
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And Quiet
Flows the Don |
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| 25 |
Chapter One
THE NOVEL IN THE MAKING. ITS PLACE IN SOVIET PROSE OF THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES |
| 44 |
Chapter Two
THE TRAGEDY OF GRIGORY MELEKHOV |
| 123 |
Chapter Three
THE MASSES |
| 147 |
Chapter Four
DECLINE AND FALL OF THE MELEKHOV FAMILY. ETHIC AND AESTHETIC ASPECTS |
| III | |
| Virgin Soil Upturned | |
| 217 |
Chapter One
THE HISTORY OF THE NOVEL. THE PLOT COMPOSITION |
| 255 |
Chapter Two
SEMYON DAVIDOV |
| 280 |
Chapter Three
MAKAR NAGULNOV |
| 292 |
Chapter Four
ANDREI RAZMYOTNOV |
| 299 |
Chapter Five
KONDRAT MAIDANNIKOV. THE MASSES |
| 310 |
Chapter Six
THE ENEMIES |
| 323 |
Chapter Seven
“A SENSE OF HUMOUR IS A SPLENDID HEALTHY QUALITY” |
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IV
WAR EPIC |
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| 335 |
The Science of Hatred
They Fought for Their Fatherland The Fate of a Man |
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V
SHOLOKHOV ON: |
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| 363 |
Literature and Life
Creative Writing Literary Criticism |
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