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THE COSSACKS AND OTHER STORIES
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| By: |
Leo Tolstoy, Paul Foote, David McDuff (Trans) |
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| ISBN 10: |
0140449590 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780140449594 |
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| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 September, 2006 |
| Pages: |
528 |
| Translated from: |
Russian |
| Description: |
In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. 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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Classics |
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Returnable |