"Sevastopol Sketches (Sebastopol Sketches)" is a collection of
three works of historical fiction in which Tolstoy draws upon his
real life experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol. The titular
location draws its name from that of a city in Crimea and takes
place during the Crimean war. The three tales in this collection
are respectively titled "Sevastopol in December," "Sevastopol in
May," and "Sevastopol in August." In the December tale Tolstoy
introduces us to Sevastopol by giving the reader a tour and
introducing us to the settings, mannerisms, and background that
would relevant in the following tales. In the May tale Tolstoy
examines the senselessness of war, musings that would lay the
foundation for his much larger work and magnum opus "War and
Peace." In the third and final tale the fall of the town is
detailed. Published in 1855 "Sevastopol" was written near the
beginning of the author's literary career. It is a book in which we
begin to see the writer exhibit a quality of prose that would one
day establish him as the greatest of all writers in the Russian and
any other language.
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