The Master and Margarita

By: Mikhail Bulgakov

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

The Master and Margarita is one of the most famous and best-selling Russian novels of the 20th century, despite its surreal environment of talking cats, Satan, and mysterious happenings. Naxos AudioBooks presents this careful abridgement of a new translation in an imaginative reading by the charismatic Julian Rhind-Tutt. With War and Peace and Crime and Punishment among the Naxos AudioBooks best-sellers, this too promises to be a front title.

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Critic reviews

"Bulgakov’s satire of the greed and corruption of Soviet authorities illustrates the redemptive nature of art and faith, and Julian Rhind-Tutt’s superb interpretation does the classic full justice. With a dramatic flair and a deep, multilayered voice, he pulls off a host of fantastical characters including Professor Woland (Satan) and several of his associates, Pontius Pilate and Jesus Christ, witches and madmen and a variety of early 20th-century Moscow literary and theater types." ( Publishers Weekly)

Masterful indeed.

Vividly full imagery and precise narration all coalescing into a fantastical ending. Very unexpected. Bulgakov a true master.

Classic novel

Excellent performance by the narrator. Perfectly pronouncing the Russian names and phrases with appropriate emotional expressions.
Loves the audio book

Great Classic!

Just love this story. The performance also great. Definitely do recommend. Read, listen, both worth it.

not for listening to without thinking.

great Russian book read because another author loved it but also from Eastern Europe. as always hard to remember names. not my casual reading.

Fantastic!

Loved it. Had to look up some summaries to make historical connections. Performance however: BRAVO!