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The Master and Margarita combines supernatural elements with satirical dark comedy and Christian philosophy, defying categorization within a single genre. It exhibits autobiographical elements, but is also dominated by many aspects of fiction.
May 25, 2024 · The Master and Margarita, novel by Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov, written in 1928–40 and published in a censored form in the Soviet Union in 1966–67. The unexpurgated version was published there in 1973.
360,860 ratings21,590 reviews. The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature.
Mikhail Bulgakov’s book ‘ The Master and Margarita ‘ is set in Moscow in the 1930s. The tale, which blends fantasy, comedy, and social commentary, centers on the exploits of the Devil, who enters Moscow in the guise of Professor Woland, and his band of cunning goons.
The Master and Margarita has two main settings: 1930s Moscow and Yershalaim (Jerusalem) around the time of Yeshua ’s (the Aramaic name for Jesus) execution. The book opens with the first of these, as two writers, Mikhail Alexandrovich Berlioz and Ivan “Homeless” Ponyrev , discuss a poem written by the latter.
