The Gulag Archipelago, Volume 1 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago, Volume 1

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-2

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with Thomas P. Whitney (Translator)

704 pages first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging reflective slow-paced
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Volume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society

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dark 82%
informative 71%
challenging 64%
sad 61%
reflective 53%
emotional 30%
tense 28%
hopeful 5%
inspiring 5%
adventurous 2%
relaxing 2%

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medium 10%
fast 2%

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