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Herzen’s memoir is at once an engaging literary masterpiece, an indispensable contribution to European intellectual history, and one of Russia’s greatest works of self-writing. This is by far the best, most accurate, and most readable translation of Past and Thoughts, accompanied by superb annotations. A remarkable achievement. -- William Mills Todd III, Harvard University Past and Thoughts is perhaps the greatest autobiography in Russian literature, a classic worth placing in company with Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy. This new translation captures, as never before, Herzen’s anecdotal brilliance, wit, and inimitable essayistic style, with its layers of irony on irony. -- Gary Saul Morson, Northwestern University

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Robert N. Harris specializes in nineteenth-century Russian intellectual history at the University of Oxford. He has lectured at numerous universities, including Barcelona, Cambridge, and LMU Munich. Robert N. Harris specializes in nineteenth-century Russian intellectual history at the University of Oxford. He has lectured at numerous universities, including Barcelona, Cambridge, and LMU Munich. Kathleen F. Parthé is Professor Emerita of Russian at the University of Rochester. She is the author of the forthcoming volume Herzen's Letters: A Life in Opposition, as well as A Herzen Reader, Russian Village Prose, and, with James H. Billington, The Search for a New Russian National Identity.

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