The Cossacks and Other Stories
stories of sevastopol, the cossacks, hadji murat
$23.41
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2006
Summary
Tales of War and Wilds: Tolstoy’s The Cossacks and Other Stories
In 1851, at twenty-two, Tolstoy’s journey to the Caucasus as a soldier marked a pivotal period that profoundly shaped the stories within this collection.
The Cossacks, started in 1852 and completed a decade later, narrates Olenin’s transformation, a cultured Russian who finds disillusionment with civilization after immersing himself among the untamed Cossack people.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449594 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449590 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Leo Tolstoy, Paul Foote, David McDuff |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 362g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910) was a Russian novelist, social reformer, pacifist, and moral thinker. Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
Paul Foote was, until his retirement, a University Lecturer in Russian and Fellow of the Queen’s College, Oxford.
David McDuff was educated at the University of Edinburgh and has translated a number of works for Penguin Classics, including Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.
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