Books by Richard Peace

This indispensible text can justly be regarded as the forerunner to the great flowering of Dostoevsky's novels which was to follow. The first part of this unusual work is often treated as a philosophical text in its own right; the second part illustrates the theory of the first by means of its own fictional practice. At the same time, the reader is introduced to the phenomenon of the 'Underground Man', one of the first genuine anti-heroes in European literature.

A guide to the UK's premier long distance cycle route - around 140 miles of superb scenery, from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, taking in the Lake District and the Northern Pennines on the way. It includes detailed 1:50,000 maps of all route options, directions, what to see and do, accommodation, places to eat and more.

A guidebook to Devon, one of the most popular long distance cycling routes in the UK. It features: full-colour mapping; accommodation listed and mapped; eating spots and places of interest; bike shops, tourist information and more; and, full colour photos.

Professor Peace argues that Gogol has, as a writer, close affinities with the Russian Middle Ages and that his ambiguous position in the great humanist tradition of nineteenth-century Russian literature springs from his attempts to come to terms with the cultural impact of Sentimentalism, and its later development Romanticism.