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The Cossacks and other stories / Leo Tolstoy ; translated with notes by David McDuff and Paul Foote ; with an introduction by Paul Foote.

The Cossacks and other stories / Leo Tolstoy ; translated with notes by David McDuff and Paul Foote ; with an introduction by Paul Foote.
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ISBN 9780140449594 (paperback)
Name Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 author.
Title The Cossacks and other stories / Leo Tolstoy ; translated with notes by David McDuff and Paul Foote ; with an introduction by Paul Foote.
Edition New edition.
Published London : Penguin, 2006.
©2006
Description xxx, 483 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Notes 'The Cossacks' originally published in 1863.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The Cossacks -- Sevastopol stories -- Hadji murat.
Summary In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. The four years that followed were among the most significant in his life, and deeply influenced the stories collected here. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, The Cossacks describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending time with the wild Cossack people. Sevastopol Sketches, based on Tolstoy's own experiences of the siege of Sevastopol in 1854-55, is a compelling consideration of the nature of war, while Hadji Murat, written towards the end of his life, returns to the Caucasus of Tolstoy's youth to explore the life of a great leader torn apart by a conflict of loyalties. Written at the end of the nineteenth century, it is amongst the last and greatest of Tolstoy's shorter works.
Language note Translated from the Russian.
Subjects Tolstoy, Leo, -- graf, 1828-1910 -- Translations into English
Russia -- History -- Fiction
Other Names McDuff, David, 1945-
Foote, I. P. (Irwin Paul)
Added titles Sevastopol stories.
Hadji Murat.
Series Penguin classics
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