A Country Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov

A Country Doctor's Notebook

Mikhail Bulgakov with Михаил Булгаков

158 pages first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics short stories funny reflective slow-paced
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Brilliant stories that show the growth of a novelist's mind, and the raw material that fed the wild surrealism of Bulgakov's later fiction.With the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr. Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the dept...

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Moods

reflective 63%
funny 53%
dark 51%
informative 36%
emotional 33%
tense 28%
sad 25%
adventurous 23%
inspiring 15%
hopeful 13%
challenging 12%
relaxing 7%
lighthearted 5%
mysterious 4%

Pace

medium 45%
fast 41%
slow 13%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 35% | A mix: 35% | Plot: 25% | N/A: 4%

Strong character development?

Yes: 54% | No: 27% | It's complicated: 17% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 12% | N/A: 6%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 68% | It's complicated: 10% | Yes: 10% | N/A: 9%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 50% | No: 35% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 3%

Average rating

4.17

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