Ivan Turgenev in Russian
Turgenev is the most evenly written of the four: long, clear, unhurried sentences that repay patience rather than cleverness. Good prose to read once the short forms have stopped surprising you.
His works in the library
Первая любовь — First Love
Sixteen years old, a dacha outside Moscow, a princess next door — and the discovery of who she really loves.
The other writers
Chekhov, Gogol, Turgenev and Dostoevsky — what each asks of a reader. Or see which book to start with and how much Russian you need.