The master and Margarita

Author(s)

• Bulgakov, M. A. (Mikhail Afanasʹevich)
• Pevear, Richard
• Volokhonsky, Larissa
• Pevear, Richard

Bibliographic Information

The master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated and with notes by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky ; with an introduction by Richard Pevear

（Penguin twentieth-century classics）

Penguin, 1997

Note

Bibliography: p. [xx]

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA45767983
• ISBN:
  • 0141180145
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: rus
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 411 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 891.7342
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jerusalem -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Moscow (Russia) -- Fiction
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07487461