In revolutionary Petrograd, an Englishman is drawn into the passions and disintegration of a Russian family as the old order collapses.
Books mentioned in The Secret City (24)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “the Petrograd of "Poor Folk" and "Crime and Punishment"”
Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “the Petrograd of "Poor Folk" and "Crime and Punishment"”
The Insulted and Injured by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “"Poor Folk" and "Crime and Punishment" and "The Despised and Rejected"”
A Beleaguered City by Margaret Oliphant: “to speak of Petrograd as already "A Beleaguered City"”
Masquerade by Mikhail Lermontov: “the wonderful performance of Lermontov's "Masquerade"”
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: “looked at Galleon's Roads and then Pride and Prejudice”
Hamlet by William Shakespeare: “This performance had been in preparation for at least ten years, and when such delights as Gordon Craig's setting of "Hamlet," or Benois' dresses for "La Locandiera" were discussed, the Wise Ones said:”
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James: “whether it be The Woman in White, The Wings of the Dove, or The Roads”
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins: “whether it be The Woman in White, The Wings of the Dove”
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: “He had never read a word of any Russian author. "Never _Anna_? Never _War and Peace_?”
The Return by Walter de la Mare: “that story of De la Mare's The Return”
Tono-Bungay by H. G. Wells: “Tess is the thing, you know, and Tono-Bungay”
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte: “It was like that man in Wuthering Heights”
A House of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev: “a tattered copy of Turgenieff's House of Gentle-folks”
La Locandiera by Carlo Goldoni: “This performance had been in preparation for at least ten years, and when such delights as Gordon Craig's setting of "Hamlet," or Benois' dresses for "La Locandiera" were discussed, the Wise Ones said:”
The Pale Horse by Boris Savinkov: “a translation of Ropshin's Pale Horse”
Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass: “the theatre where they acted Romance and Potash and Perlmutter”
Religio Medici by Thomas Browne: “from the Religio Medici to E.V. Lawrence”
The Golden Bowl by Henry James: “the great creator of "The Golden Bowl"”