Larissa Volokhonsky

Larissa Volokhonsky

Larissa Volokhonsky was born in 1945, Larissa Volokhonsky has written at least 34 books. Their most popular book is Crime and Punishment with 2515 saves with an average rating of 4.25⭐.

Author Bio

Larissa Volokhonsky was born into a Jewish family in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. After graduating from Leningrad State University with a degree in mathematical linguistics, she worked in the Institute of Marine Biology (Vladivostok) and travelled extensively in Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka (1968-1973). Volokhonsky emigrated to Israel in 1973, where she lived for two years. Having moved to the United States in 1975, she studied at Yale Divinity School (1977-1979) and at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (1979-1981), where her professors were the Orthodox theologians Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff. She completed her studies of theology with the diploma of Master of Divinity from Yale University. She began collaboration with her husband Richard Pevear and is mostly known for their work translating Russian classics.

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment
ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1857 • 2,515 Readers • 602 pages 4.3

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina
ByLeo Tolstoy,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1877 • 1,678 Readers • 1,480 pages 4

Demons

Demons
ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

195 • 370 Readers • 768 pages 4.2

Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov

Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
ByRichard Pevear(Translator),Anton Chekhov,+1 more

1903 • 120 Readers • 496 pages 4.2

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
ByNikolai Gogol,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1835 • 47 Readers • 435 pages 4.1

The Adolescent

The Adolescent
ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1875 • 46 Readers • 580 pages

The Unwomanly Face of War

#1 of 5 in Voices of Utopia

The Unwomanly Face of War
BySvetlana Alexievich

1983 • 45 Readers • 331 pages 4.8

War's Unwomanly Face

#1 of 5 in Voices of Utopia

War's Unwomanly Face
BySvetlana Alexievich

1983 • 34 Readers • 247 pages 4

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
ByLeo Tolstoy,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1886 • 32 Readers • 356 pages 3.9

The Complete Short Novels

The Complete Short Novels
ByAnton Chekhov,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1896 • 28 Readers • 548 pages 4.9

Notes from a Dead House

Notes from a Dead House
ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1861 • 27 Readers • 336 pages 4.5

The Double and The Gambler

The Double and The Gambler
ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1846 • 17 Readers • 344 pages 4.2

The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita
ByMikhail Bulgakov,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1967 • 11 Readers • 432 pages 2.6

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#2 of 5 in Voices of Utopia

Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II
BySvetlana Alexievich,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1985 • 8 Readers 5

The Eternal Husband and Other Stories

The Eternal Husband and Other Stories
ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Larissa Volokhonsky(Translator)

1890 • 7 Readers • 386 pages 4.3

The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories

1967 • 6 Readers • 609 pages

Last Witnesses : An Oral History of the Children of World War II

#2 of 5 in Voices of Utopia

Last Witnesses : An Oral History of the Children of World War II
BySvetlana Alexievich,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1985 • 6 Readers • 295 pages

Notes From the Underground

Notes From the Underground
ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Larissa Volokhonsky(Translator)

1864 • 4 Readers • 82 pages 4.5

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#2 of 5 in Voices of Utopia

Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories
BySvetlana Alexievich,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1985 • 4 Readers 5

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#1 of 5 in Voices of Utopia

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
BySvetlana Alexievich,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1983 • 4 Readers

The Body of the Soul: Stories

The Body of the Soul: Stories
ByLyudmila Ulitskaya,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

3 Readers

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Novels, Tales, Journeys
ByAlexander Pushkin,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1837 • 2 Readers

A Month in the Country

A Month in the Country
ByIvan Turgenev,Richard Nelson(Translator),+2 more

1730 • 2 Readers • 127 pages 4

Novels, Tales, Journeys: The Complete Prose of Alexander Pushkin

Novels, Tales, Journeys: The Complete Prose of Alexander Pushkin
ByAlexander Pushkin,Larissa Volokhonsky(Translator)

2016 • 1 Reader • 513 pages 4

The Collected Tales

The Collected Tales
ByNikolai Gogol,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1835 • 1 Reader • 413 pages

The Inspector: A Comedy in Five Acts

1835 • 1 Reader 2

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Selected Stories of Anton Chekov
ByAnton Chekhov,Larissa Volokhonsky(Translator)

1903 • 1 Reader

The Double/The Gambler

The Double/The Gambler
ByFyodor Dostoevsky,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more

1846 • 1 Reader

Foolsburg: The History of a Town

Foolsburg: The History of a Town
ByMikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin,Richard Pevear(translator),+1 more

1870 • 1 Reader • 305 pages

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What is Art?
ByLeo Tolstoy

1897 • 1 Reader

Enchanted Wanderer

Enchanted Wanderer
ByNikolai Leskov,Richard Pevear,+1 more

2014 • 608 pages

Last Witnesses An Oral History of the Children of World War II

#2 of 5 in Voices of Utopia

1985 • 322 pages

Stories

Stories
ByAnton Chekhov

1903 • 467 pages

Selected Stories

Selected Stories
ByAnton Chekhov,Larissa Volokhonsky(Translator)

1903