 By early 1836 he was back in Moscow, where he published translations of Fichte's "Some Lectures Concerning the Scholar's Vocation" and "The Way to a Blessed Life", which became his favorite book.With Stankevich, Bakunin also read Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller and E. T. A. Hoffmann.Bakunin became increasingly influenced by Hegel and made the first Russian translation of his work.