Christianity and the 19th Century Russian Novel

An article from Thinking Faith. (Via Catholic Tide.)

In literary circles the emergence of the Russian novel as a powerful force in the 19^th century is often described as an inexplicable phenomenon. That a country that had seemingly lagged behind Western Europe in cultural and political terms should produce in little over 40 years such eminent writers as Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy certainly demands an explication. That explication lies deep in the history of Russia. (Read entire article.)