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At the sunset hour of one warm spring day two men were to be seen at Patriarch's Ponds.
About this book
*The Master and Margarita* (Russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. The story concerns a visit by the devil and his entourage to the officially atheist Soviet Union. The devil, manifested as one Professor Woland, challenges the Soviet citizens' beliefs towards religion and condemns their behavior throughout the book. *The Master and Margarita* combines supernatural elements with satirical dark comedy and Christian philosophy, defying categorization within a single genre. Many critics consider it to be one of the best novels of the 20th century, as well as the foremost of Soviet satires. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in Moscow magazine in 1966–1967 by his widow Elena Bulgakova. The manuscript was not published as a book until 1967, in Paris. A samizdat version circulated that included parts cut out by official censors, and these were incorporated in a 1969 version published in Frankfurt. The novel has since been published in several languages and editions.
Themes & subjects
satirehumorPoliticiansGood and evilAlienationatheism
First published 1985Characters & people
Setting
RussiaSoviet UnionJerusalemMoscowPatriarch's PondsGriboyedov's house192029–30 CE
About the author
Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
15 May 1891 – 10 March 1940
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, (15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1891 – 10 March 1940) was a Russian, later Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel *The Master and Margarita*, published posthumously, which has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.
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