The Gulag Archipelago, Abridged Edition by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago, Abridged Edition

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with Jordan B. Peterson (Contributor)

544 pages first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Description

A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, 'The Gulag Archipelago' is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's grand masterwork. Based on the testimony of some 200 sur...

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Moods

dark 84%
informative 84%
reflective 69%
challenging 65%
sad 61%
emotional 38%
tense 38%
hopeful 11%
funny 7%
inspiring 7%
adventurous 3%

Pace

slow 76%
medium 20%
fast 4%

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