Leo Tolstoy's last completed novel, Resurrection is an intimate,
psychological tale of guilt, anger and forgiveness, translated from
the Russian with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs in
Penguin Classics. Serving on the jury at a murder trial, Prince
Dmitri Nekhlyudov is devastated when he sees the prisoner -
Katyusha, a young maid he seduced and abandoned years before. As
Dmitri faces the consequences of his actions, he decides to give up
his life of wealth and luxury to devote himself to rescuing
Katyusha, even if it means following her into exile in Siberia. But
can a man truly find redemption by saving another person? Tolstoy's
most controversial novel, Resurrection (1899) is a scathing
indictment of injustice, corruption and hypocrisy at all levels of
society. Creating a vast panorama of Russian life, from peasants to
aristocrats, bureaucrats to convicts, it reveals Tolstoy's
magnificent storytelling powers. Anthony Briggs' superb new
translation preserves Tolstoy's gripping realism and satirical
humour. In his introduction, Briggs discusses the true story behind
Resurrection, Tolstoy's political and religious reasons for writing
the novel, his gift for characterization and the compelling
psychological portrait of Dmitri. This edition also includes a
chronology, notes and a summary of chapters. Leo Tolstoy
(1828-1910) spent his youth in wasteful idleness until 1851, when
he travelled to the Caucasus and joined the army with his older
brother, fighting in the Crimean war. After marrying in 1862,
Tolstoy settled down, managing his estates and writing two of his
best-known novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878). A
Confession (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life, and in
1901 he was excommunicated by the Russian Holy Synod. He died in
1910, in the course of a dramatic flight from home, at the small
railway station of Astapovo. If you enjoyed Resurrection, you might
like Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov, also available in Penguin Classics.
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