The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852
Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text editions include the following visual enhancements to foster a deeper understanding of the work: Word Clouds at the start of each chapter highlight important words. Word, sentence, paragraph counts,...
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Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text editions include the following visual enhancements to foster a deeper understanding of the work: Word Clouds at the start of each chapter highlight important words. Word, sentence, paragraph counts, and reading time help readers and teachers determine chapter complexity. Co-occurrence graphs depict character-to-character interactions as well character to place interactions. Sentiment indexes identify positive and negative trends in mood within each chapter. Frequency graphs help display the impact this book has had on popular culture since its original date of publication. Use Trajectory analytics to deepen comprehension, to provide a focus for discussions and writing assignments, and to engage new readers with some of the greatest stories ever told. "The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852" by Leo Tolstoy follows the life of a young man, Olenin, who joins the Russian army and travels to the Caucasus frontier. He falls in love with a free-spirited girl who ends up being a rival.
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Format: kindle
ISBN:
9781632091833
ASIN: B00PPU10UO
Publish date: 2014-10-01
Publisher: Trajectory Classics
Pages no: 222
Edition language: English
Olenin's story is related in Tolstoy's masterfully naturalistic style, full of the mundane uncanny. Even so, the ending is foreshadowed and seems inevitable. He makes us feel Maryanka's beauty, Lukashka's ease, and Olenin's cultured awkwardness as uncomfortably as if we were there with them, and ren...
I was very close to giving this one 5 stars. The characters were very alive to me, and the writing--or the translation, at least--was excellent. This book certainly portended the genius that Leo Tolstoy would develop into in his later years as an author.
Translator: Louise and Aylmer Maude. Produced by Steve Harris, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=1947209&pageno=2Opening: All is quiet in Moscow. The squeak of wheels is seldom heard in the snow-covered street. There ...
For me as a programmer, going from reading most fiction to reading Tolstoy is like going from writing Java to writing Ruby. It just feels right, I feel more relaxed and at one with the world. I can't think of another author that apparently understands the thoughts and motivations of such a large swa...