First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
First Circle

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

First Circle

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

700 pages first pub 1968 (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective tense slow-paced
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The First Circle of Dante's Hell - where the souls of the pre-Christian philosophers are doomed to exist throughout eternity - stands in this novel as a metaphor for certain penal institutions of Stalin's Russia. Set in Moscow during a three-day p...

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Community Reviews

4.22
based on 536 reviews

Moods

challenging: 70%

dark: 64%

reflective: 64%

informative: 47%

tense: 41%

emotional: 29%

sad: 29%

funny: 11%

hopeful: 11%

adventurous: 5%


Pace

15% of readers chose medium
84% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

11% of readers chose Plot
35% of readers chose A mix
52% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

28% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
35% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

43% of readers chose Yes
31% of readers chose Complicated
18% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

60% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
26% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

20% of readers chose Yes
26% of readers chose Complicated
53% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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