Download or read book Andrei Bely, the Major Symbolist Fiction written by Vladimir E. Alexandrov and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading Russian Symbolist poet, essayist, and mentor to an entire generation of writers, Andrei Bely (1880-1934) achieved greatest renown for three brilliant novels: Petersburg--which has been ranked with the masterpieces of Joyce, Kafka, and Proust--The Silver Dove, and Kotik Letaev.