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The Master and Margarita

core novel 1967 The Master and Margarita

Record

First published1967
Original language RU
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.28 (447,924 ratings, collected 2026-08-30)
Page count372
First-edition ISBN9780140455465
Internal chronology1

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Notes

  • From the series record (The Master and Margarita): Mikhail Bulgakov's single novel, written 1928-1940 and published posthumously (censored) in 1966-1967, complete uncensored in 1973; a satirical fantasy in which the Devil visits Soviet Moscow, interwoven with a novel-within-the-novel retelling Pontius Pilate's judgment of Yeshua. Multiple complete English translations exist (Mirra Ginsburg; Diana Burgin & Katherine Tiernan O'Connor; Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky; Hugh Aplin).

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