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    The Master and Margarita

    Author Mikhail Bulgakov
    Introduction by Richard Pevear
    Translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
    On sale Jan 01, 2001 | 448 Pages | 9780141180144
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    A masterful translation of one of the great novels of the 20th century

    Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. Full of pungency and wit, this luminous work is Bulgakov's crowning achievement, skilfully blending magical and realistic elements, grotesque situations and major ethical concerns. Written during the darkest period of Stalin's repressive reign and a devastating satire of Soviet life, it combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem, each brimming with incident and with historical, imaginary, frightful and wonderful characters. Although completed in 1940, The Master and Margarita was not published until 1966 when the first section appeared in the monthly magazine Moskva. Russians everywhere responded enthusiastically to the novel's artistic and spiritual freedom and it was an immediate and enduring success. This new translation has been made from the complete and unabridged Russian text.
    The Master and MargaritaIntroduction
    A Note on the Text and Acknowledgments
    Further Reading

    BOOK ONE
    1. Never Talk with Strangers
    2. Pontius Pilate
    3. The Seventh Proof
    4. The Chase
    5. There were Doings at Griboedov's
    6. Schizophrenia, as was Said
    7. A Naughty Apartment
    8. The Combat between the Professor and the Poet
    9. Koroviev's Stunts
    10. News from Yalta
    11. Ivan Splits in Two
    12. Black Magic and Its Exposure
    13. The Hero Enters
    14. Glory to the Cock!
    15. Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream
    16. The Execution
    17. An Unquiet Day
    18. Hapless Visitors

    BOOK TWO
    19. Margarita
    20. Azazello's Dream
    21. Flight
    22. By Candlelight
    23. The Great Ball at Satan's
    24. The Extraction of the Master
    25. How the Procurator Tried to Save Judas of Kiriath
    26. The Burial
    27. The End of Apartment No. 50
    28. The Last Adventures of Koroviev and Behemoth
    29. The Fate of the Master and Margarita is Decided
    30. It's Time! It's Time!
    31. On Sparrow Hills
    32. Forgiveness and Eternal Refuge
    Epilogue
    Notes

    MIKHAIL BULGAKOV (1891-1940) was born and educated in Kiev where he graduated as a doctor in 1916. He rapidly abandoned medicine to write some of the greatest Russian literature of this century. He died impoverished and blind in 1940 shortly after completing his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita. View titles by Mikhail Bulgakov
    “My favorite novel—it’s just the greatest explosion of imagination, craziness, satire, humor, and heart.” —Daniel Radcliffe

    “Nude vampires, gun-toting talking black cat, and devil as ultimate party starter aside, the miracle of this novel is that every time you read it, it’s a different book.” —Marlon James, “My 10 Favorite Books,” in T: The New York Times Style Magazine

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    A masterful translation of one of the great novels of the 20th century

    Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. Full of pungency and wit, this luminous work is Bulgakov's crowning achievement, skilfully blending magical and realistic elements, grotesque situations and major ethical concerns. Written during the darkest period of Stalin's repressive reign and a devastating satire of Soviet life, it combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem, each brimming with incident and with historical, imaginary, frightful and wonderful characters. Although completed in 1940, The Master and Margarita was not published until 1966 when the first section appeared in the monthly magazine Moskva. Russians everywhere responded enthusiastically to the novel's artistic and spiritual freedom and it was an immediate and enduring success. This new translation has been made from the complete and unabridged Russian text.

    Table of Contents

    The Master and MargaritaIntroduction
    A Note on the Text and Acknowledgments
    Further Reading

    BOOK ONE
    1. Never Talk with Strangers
    2. Pontius Pilate
    3. The Seventh Proof
    4. The Chase
    5. There were Doings at Griboedov's
    6. Schizophrenia, as was Said
    7. A Naughty Apartment
    8. The Combat between the Professor and the Poet
    9. Koroviev's Stunts
    10. News from Yalta
    11. Ivan Splits in Two
    12. Black Magic and Its Exposure
    13. The Hero Enters
    14. Glory to the Cock!
    15. Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream
    16. The Execution
    17. An Unquiet Day
    18. Hapless Visitors

    BOOK TWO
    19. Margarita
    20. Azazello's Dream
    21. Flight
    22. By Candlelight
    23. The Great Ball at Satan's
    24. The Extraction of the Master
    25. How the Procurator Tried to Save Judas of Kiriath
    26. The Burial
    27. The End of Apartment No. 50
    28. The Last Adventures of Koroviev and Behemoth
    29. The Fate of the Master and Margarita is Decided
    30. It's Time! It's Time!
    31. On Sparrow Hills
    32. Forgiveness and Eternal Refuge
    Epilogue
    Notes

    Author

    MIKHAIL BULGAKOV (1891-1940) was born and educated in Kiev where he graduated as a doctor in 1916. He rapidly abandoned medicine to write some of the greatest Russian literature of this century. He died impoverished and blind in 1940 shortly after completing his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita. View titles by Mikhail Bulgakov

    Praise

    “My favorite novel—it’s just the greatest explosion of imagination, craziness, satire, humor, and heart.” —Daniel Radcliffe

    “Nude vampires, gun-toting talking black cat, and devil as ultimate party starter aside, the miracle of this novel is that every time you read it, it’s a different book.” —Marlon James, “My 10 Favorite Books,” in T: The New York Times Style Magazine

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