The Gulag Archipelago, Volume I by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

25 hours, 56 minutes first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

Describes individual escapes and attempted escapes from Stalin's camps, a disciplined, sustained resistance put down with tanks after forty days, and the forced removal and extermination of millions of peasants

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Moods

dark 73%
sad 66%
challenging 60%
informative 60%
reflective 60%
emotional 26%
tense 20%
hopeful 13%
inspiring 6%

Pace

slow 85%
medium 14%

Average rating

4.27

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