Description:
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.

Details:

• Publisher: PENGUIN USA
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Translators: Paul Foote, David McDuff
• Editions: Translation
• Subject Development: Fiction-Classics
• Textual Format: Readings/Anthologies/Collected Works
• Geographic Designator: Former European Soviet States
• Academic Level: General Adult
• Depth (m): 0.025
• Dewey: 813
• Height (m): 0.197
• Pages: 483
• Place Of Publication: Great Britain/British Isles
• Published Date: Tue 29 May 2007
• Weight (g): 340
• Width (m): 0.133

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