The novel was written over the course of 12 years but due to the content being. But the Devil’s mission quickly becomes entangled with the fate of the Master – a man who has turned his back on his former life and taken refuge in a lunatic asylum – and his past lover, Margarita.īoth a satirical romp and a daring analysis of the nature of good and evil, innocence and guilt, The Master and Margarita is the crowning achievement of one of the greatest Russian writers of the twentieth century.Ĭontains an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The Master and Margarita is a novel by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. It soon becomes clear that he is the Devil himself, come to wreak havoc among the cultural elite of a disbelieving capital. Russia’s literary world is shaken to its foundations when a mysterious gentleman – a professor of black magic – arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a bizarre retinue of servants. Ten-Year Anniversary Edition – newly revised and updated The Walpurgis Night scene acts as the climax of a novel where so far the action has consisted of random, scattered events.
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