The Cossacks and Other Stories
by:
David McDuff (author)
Paul Foote (author)
Leo Tolstoy (author)
Tolstoy?s powerful semiautobiographical stories based on his time spent in the Russian army?the latest in our series of fresh new Tolstoy translations In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army. The four years he spent as a soldier were among the most significant in his...
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Tolstoy?s powerful semiautobiographical stories based on his time spent in the Russian army?the latest in our series of fresh new Tolstoy translations In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army. The four years he spent as a soldier were among the most significant in his life and inspired the tales collected here. In ?The Cossacks,? Tolstoy tells the story of Olenin, a cultured Russian whose experiences among the Cossack warriors of Central Asia leave him searching for a more authentic life. ?The Sevastopol Sketches? bring into stark relief the realities of military life during the Crimean War. And ?Hadji Murat? paints a portrait of a great leader torn apart by divided loyalties. In writing about individuals and societies in conflict, Tolstoy has penned some of the most brilliant stories about the nature of war.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140449594 (0140449590)
Publish date: January 19th 2007
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
ChronologyIntroductionA Note on the TextsMaps--The CossacksThe Sevastopol Stories--Sevastopol in December --Sevastopol in May--Sevastopol in August (1855)--Hadji MuratNotesGlossary
ChronologyIntroductionA Note on the TextsMaps--The CossacksThe Sevastopol Stories--Sevastopol in December --Sevastopol in May--Sevastopol in August (1855)--Hadji MuratNotesGlossary