| 5 | INTRODUCTION |
| I EARLY WORKS | |
| 13 | The Azure Steppe Tales from the Don |
| II | |
| And Quiet Flows the Don | |
| 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” |
| IV WAR EPIC | |
| 335 | The Science of Hatred They Fought for Their Fatherland The Fate of a Man |
| V SHOLOKHOV ON: | |
| 363 | Literature and Life Creative Writing Literary Criticism |
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