The Kreutzer Sonata

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Publisher : Xist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1681952483
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (819 download)

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Book Synopsis The Kreutzer Sonata by : Leo Tolstoy

Download or read book The Kreutzer Sonata written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Love? “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness. She says and does horrid things, and you see only charm. And if a handsome woman does not say stupid or horrid things, you at once persuade yourself that she is wonderfully clever and moral.” - Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata Upon hearing a woman arguing that marriage should never be arranged and always be subject to love, Pozdnyshev asks: ‘What is love?’ He condemns the argument saying that love doesn’t last forever and can quickly turn into hatred. What is Pozdnyshev’s story? Why doesn’t he believe in love? Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Hadji Murad

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Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
ISBN 13 : 3989889362
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (898 download)

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Book Synopsis Hadji Murad by : Leo Tolstoy

Download or read book Hadji Murad written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Newcomb Livraria Press. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation into modern American English directly from the original Russian manuscript. This edition contains an Afterword by the translator, a timeline of Tolstoy's life and works, and a glossary of philosophic terminology used throughout Tolstoy's literature and philosophy. Hadji Murad (1904) is the last novel written by Leo Tolstoy, published posthumously. The story revolves around the real-life Caucasian War hero, Hadji Murad, who leads his followers in a daring escape from the pursuing Russian forces and seeks refuge with his former enemies. The novel highlights themes of honor, loyalty, and the futility of war. Tolstoy's powerful storytelling and philosophical reflections on violence and human nature make "Hadji Murad" a significant literary work. In this novel, Tolstoy challenges the notion of heroism and portrays the complexities of conflicts between different cultures and empires.

Understanding Tolstoy

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ISBN 13 : 9780814211649
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (116 download)

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Book Synopsis Understanding Tolstoy by : Andrew Kaufman

Download or read book Understanding Tolstoy written by Andrew Kaufman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Tolstoy recreates Tolstoy's lifelong artistic and spiritual journey, taking readers to the core of the writer's world through nuanced close readings of his major novels and novellas. Andrew D. Kaufman's broad and accessible analysis of Tolstoy's work speaks to the ways in which Tolstoy, despite living in a manner far removed from the experiences of most modern-day Americans, is still applicable and contemporary. From a reconstruction of Olenin's search for truth in The Cossacks to an illuminating analysis of Hadji-Murat's tragic last stand, Understanding Tolstoy brings to life the fascinating parallels between Tolstoy's personal quest and his characters' journeys. Whether writing about the ballrooms and battlefields of War and Peace or the spectrum of sexual and spiritual attachments in Anna Karenina, Tolstoy emerges as a vital, searching artist who continually grows and surprises us, yet is driven by a single, unchanging belief in universal human truths. Understanding Tolstoy is a treasure trove of critical and philosophical insights that will appeal to Tolstoy aficionados of all kinds, from advanced scholars to undergraduate students. The book offers an eminently readable guide to those entering Tolstoy's world for the first time or the tenth, and it invites them to grapple alongside the writer and his characters with the most urgent existential questions of our time, and all times.

Tolstoy

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Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547545878
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Book Synopsis Tolstoy by : Rosamund Bartlett

Download or read book Tolstoy written by Rosamund Bartlett and published by HMH. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of the brilliant author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina “should become the first resort for everyone drawn to its titanic subject” (Booklist, starred review). In November 1910, Count Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station. At the time of his death, he was the most famous man in Russia, more revered than the tsar, with a growing international following. Born into an aristocratic family, Tolstoy spent his existence rebelling against not only conventional ideas about literature and art but also traditional education, family life, organized religion, and the state. In “an epic biography that does justice to an epic figure,” Rosamund Bartlett draws extensively on key Russian sources, including fascinating material that has only become available since the collapse of the Soviet Union (Library Journal, starred review). She sheds light on Tolstoy’s remarkable journey from callow youth to writer to prophet; discusses his troubled relationship with his wife, Sonya; and vividly evokes the Russian landscapes Tolstoy so loved and the turbulent times in which he lived.

Hadji Murad

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Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Book Synopsis Hadji Murad by : Leo Tolstoy

Download or read book Hadji Murad written by Leo Tolstoy and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This absorbing work tells the story of Hadji Murat, an Avar rebel commander who builds an uneasy alliance with the Russians he has been fighting for a long time for personal vendetta. It presents an intense portrait of the period and the rivals. The narrative is engaging from the beginning, and Tolstoy displays an outstanding skill in creating completely captivating atmospheres and surroundings.

Russia

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199560412
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Book Synopsis Russia by : Gregory L. Freeze

Download or read book Russia written by Gregory L. Freeze and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on recently de-classified material, the contributors strip away the propaganda and preconceptions of the past to present an absorbing account of the rise and fall of a superpower from the 14th century to the 1990s.

Tolstoy: A Guide for the Perplexed

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441101136
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Book Synopsis Tolstoy: A Guide for the Perplexed by : Jeff Love

Download or read book Tolstoy: A Guide for the Perplexed written by Jeff Love and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) is one of the most important writers in the Western tradition. His two great novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, cover an enormous range of basic human experiences with a precision and probing spirit that, in the words of one critic, are simply "unmatched by any other writer." This guide offers students a clear introduction to Tolstoy's literary works from his major novels to the shorter novels and texts, including Hadji Murat and The Death of Ivan Ilyich. The guide also covers major themes including sex, death, authority and evil and offers an overview of Tolstoy's religious and philosophical thought. A final chapter assesses his lasting influence in the spheres of literature and culture, religion and philosophy and on major figures including Joyce, Ghandi, Wittgenstein and Heidegger.

Hadji Murat

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307951340
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis Hadji Murat by : Leo Tolstoy

Download or read book Hadji Murat written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tolstoy’s final work—a gripping novella about the struggle between the Muslim Chechens and their inept occupiers—is a powerful moral fable for our time. Inspired by a historical figure Tolstoy heard about while serving in the Caucasus, this story brings to life the famed warrior Hadji Murat, a Chechen rebel who has fought fiercely and courageously against the Russian empire. After a feud with his commander he defects to the Russians, only to find that he is now trusted by neither side. He is first welcomed but then imprisoned by the Russians under suspicion of being a spy, and when he hears news of his wife and son held captive by the Chechens, Murat risks all to try to save his family. In the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky translation, Hadji Murat is a thrilling and provocative portrait of a tragic figure that has lost none of its relevance.

Collected Shorter Fiction of Leo Tolstoy, Volume II

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Publisher : Everyman's Library
ISBN 13 : 0375412875
Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book Collected Shorter Fiction of Leo Tolstoy, Volume II written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2001-08-07 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging in scope from lengthy novellas to fables and folktales only a few pages long, Leo Tolstoy’s short fiction provides a marvelous opportunity to become closely acquainted with Russia’s great novelist. Volume 2 of the Collected Shorter Fiction reveals how Tolstoy’s growing spiritual preoccupations flowered into a series of extraordinary late masterpieces that equal anything in the earlier novels for intensity and power. Readers of The Death of Iván Ilých, The Kreutzer Sonata, Father Sergius, Master and Man, and Hadji Murád will recognize the brilliant novelist now transfigured by his passionate quest for salvation and forgiveness. Aylmer and Louise Maude’s classic translations are supplemented by new translations by Nigel J. Cooper of six stories, including two that have never before appeared in English.

Anniversary Essays on Tolstoy

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107412743
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (127 download)

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Book Synopsis Anniversary Essays on Tolstoy by : Donna Tussing Orwin

Download or read book Anniversary Essays on Tolstoy written by Donna Tussing Orwin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century after Leo Tolstoy's death, the author of War and Peace is widely admired but too often thought of only with reference to his realism and moral sense. The many sides of Tolstoy revealed in these new essays speak to today's readers with astonishing force, relevance, and complexity. In a lively, challenging style, leading scholars range over his long life, from his first work Childhood to the works of his old age like Hadji Murat, and the many genres in which he worked, from the major novels to aphorisms and short stories. The essays present new approaches to his central themes: love, death, religious faith and doubt, violence, the animal kingdom, and war. They also assess his reception both in his lifetime and subsequently. Setting new agendas for the study of this classic author, this volume provides a snapshot of current scholarship on Tolstoy.

Hadji Murad

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
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Book Synopsis Hadji Murad by : graf Leo Tolstoy

Download or read book Hadji Murad written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tolstoy's Short Fiction

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Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393931501
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Tolstoy's Short Fiction written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting 12 revised and annotated stories, this collection includes 'A Prisoner in the Caucasus', 'Father Sergius' and 'After the Ball'.

"Master and Man," and Other Parables and Tales

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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book "Master and Man," and Other Parables and Tales written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Russia's Regional Identities

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315513315
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)

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Book Synopsis Russia's Regional Identities by : Edith Clowes

Download or read book Russia's Regional Identities written by Edith Clowes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Russia is often viewed as a centralised regime based in Moscow, with dependent provinces, made subservient by Putin’s policies limiting regional autonomy. This book, however, demonstrates that beyond this largely political view, by looking at Russia’s regions more in cultural and social terms, a quite different picture emerges, of a Russia rich in variety, with different regional identities, cultures, traditions and memories. The book explores how identities are formed and rethought in contemporary Russia, and outlines the nature of particular regional identities, from Siberia and the Urals to southern Russia, from the Russian heartland to the non-Russian republics.

Hadji Murat

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Publisher : Alma Books
ISBN 13 : 1847492312
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)

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Book Synopsis Hadji Murat by : Leo Tolstoy

Download or read book Hadji Murat written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Alma Books. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hadji Murat, one of the most feared and venerated mountain chiefs in the Caucasian struggle against the Russians, defects from the Muslim rebels after feuding with his ruling imam, Shamil. Hoping to protect his family, he joins the Russians, who accept him but never put their trust in him - and so Murat must find another way to end the struggle.Tolstoy knew as he was writing this, his last work of fiction, that it would not be published in his lifetime, and so gave an uncompromising portrayal of the Russians' faults and the nature of the rebels' struggle. In the process, he shows a mastery of style and an understanding of Chechnya that still carries great resonance today.

Russian Literature and Empire

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521444438
Total Pages : 374 pages
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Book Synopsis Russian Literature and Empire by : Susan Layton

Download or read book Russian Literature and Empire written by Susan Layton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a synthesising study of Russian writing about the Caucasus during the 19th-century age of empire-building.

Hadji Murád (Classic Reprint)

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334150074
Total Pages : 302 pages
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Download or read book Hadji Murád (Classic Reprint) written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hadji Murad The Caucasus indeed offered a rich variety of material on which Tolstoy drew at every stage of his literary career. It was there that, at the age of twenty - three, he first saw war as a volunteer; there he served for two years as a cadet; and there finally he became an officer, be fore leaving to serve in the Crimean war which in its turn gave him material for his sketches of Sevastopol. In his letters from the Caucasus he often complained of the dulness and emptiness of his life there; yet it certainly attracted him for a while, and was not devoid of stirring and curi ous incidents. The most extraordinary of these relates to a gambling debt he incurred and was unable to pav. Having given notes - of - hand, he was in despair when the date of payment approached without his having been able to procure the money needed, and he prayed earnestly to God to get me out of this disagreeable scrape. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."