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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