#96 in Classics
The Master and Margarita
- 439
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- Series 2005 +5
- On screen
- Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
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About the book
The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in Moscow magazine in 1966–1967 by his widow Elena Bulgakova. The manuscript was first published as a book in 1967, in Paris, France. A samizdat version circulated that included parts cut out by official censors, and these were incorporated in a 1969 version published in Frankfurt. The novel has since been published in several languages and editions. It satirizes Russian bureaucracy and atheism.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 6 times — from 1972 to 2024.
- SeriesThe Master and MargaritaIMDb
- FilmThe Master and MargaritaIMDb
- FilmThe Master and MargaritaIMDb
- TV filmPilate and OthersIMDb
- SeriesThe Master and MargaritaIMDb
- TV filmIncident in JudeaIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 98 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 98 | 100% |
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How long is The Master and Margarita?
It has 439 pages — longer than 83% of the ranked books in Classics.
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