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The soul-searching book that inspired Gandhi to embrace the concept
of passive resistance, Tolstoy's 1894 polemic outlines a radical,
well-reasoned revision of traditional Christian thinking. The
revered novelist and political thinker denounces violent
revolution, calling upon readers to rely upon their inner divinity
for the strength to effect social change.
Described by Dostoevsky as "flawless" and by Faulkner as the best
novel ever written, Anna Karenina is Tolstoy's classic tale of
infidelity and vengeance. Set against the backdrop of high society
in in 19th-century Moscow and Saint Petersburg, it portrays the
doomed love affair between sensuous and rebellious Anna and the
dashing Count Vronsky. In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy brought to
perfection the novel of social realism, creating a masterpiece that
bares the Russian soul. As Matthew Arnold wrote, "We are not to
take Anna Karenina as a work of art; we are to take it as a piece
of life." Anna Karenina is a big book, and most publishers try to
pack it into small newsprint pages with tiny, nearly unreadable
type. This edition, on the other hand, has been newly designed and
printed on large-format, high-quality paper with easy-to-read type,
making it a deluxe volume at a still-reasonable price.
"Tolstoy's lavish and always graphic use of detail," wrote John
Bayley, "together of course with its romance and exotic setting . .
. has made "The Cossacks the most popular of all his works." This
vibrant new translation of Tolstoy's 1862 novel, by PEN Translation
Award winner Peter Constantine, is the author's
semiautobiographical depiction of young Olenin, a wealthy,
disaffected Muscovite, who joins the Russian army and travels to
the untamed frontier of the Caucasus in search of a more authentic
life. Quartered with his regiment in a Cossack village, Olenin
revels in the glories of nature and the rough strength of the
Cossacks and Chechens. Smitten by his unrequited love for a local
girl, Maryanka, Olenin has a profound but ultimately short-lived
spiritual awakening. Try as he might to assimilate, he remains an
awkward outsider and his long search for a more enlightened and
purposeful existence comes to naught.
With the philosophical insight that would characterize Tolstoy's
later masterpieces, this long overdue major new translation is a
revelation.
"From the Hardcover edition.
La obra de Tolstoi reflejo toda una epoca de la vida de Rusia: para
el "la novela tiene como finalidad la descripcion global de la vida
humana"; y los sucesos que se desarrollan en Anna Karenina revelan
una observacion atenta y directa de un ambiente del que el propio
autor fue participe. Aunque desde su aparicion fue acogida como una
reaccion contra el movimiento naturalista frances, sigue en esta
obra los modelos del naturalismo hasta superarlos.
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War and Peace opens in the Russian city of St. Petersburg in 1805,
as Napoleon's conquest of western Europe is just beginning to stir
fears in Russia. Many of the novel's characters are introduced at a
society hostess's party, among them Pierre Bezukhov, the socially
awkward but likeable illegitimate son of a rich count, and Andrew
Bolkonski, the intelligent and ambitious son of a retired military
commander. We also meet the sneaky and shallow Kuragin family,
including the wily father Vasili, the fortune-hunter son Anatole,
and the ravishing daughter Helene. We are introduced to the
Rostovs, a noble Moscow family, including the lively daughter
Natasha, the quiet cousin Sonya, and the impetuous son Nicholas,
who has just joined the army led by the old General Kutuzov. The
Russian troops are mobilized in alliance with the Austrian empire,
which is currently resisting Napoleon's onslaught. Both Andrew and
Nicholas go to the front. Andrew is wounded at the Battle of
Austerlitz, and though he survives, he is long presumed dead.
Pierre is made sole heir of his father's fortune and marries Helene
Kuragina in a daze. Helene cheats on Pierre, and he challenges her
seducer to a duel in which Pierre nearly kills the man.
War and Peace opens in the Russian city of St. Petersburg in 1805,
as Napoleon's conquest of western Europe is just beginning to stir
fears in Russia. Many of the novel's characters are introduced at a
society hostess's party, among them Pierre Bezukhov, the socially
awkward but likeable illegitimate son of a rich count, and Andrew
Bolkonski, the intelligent and ambitious son of a retired military
commander. We also meet the sneaky and shallow Kuragin family,
including the wily father Vasili, the fortune-hunter son Anatole,
and the ravishing daughter Helene. We are introduced to the
Rostovs, a noble Moscow family, including the lively daughter
Natasha, the quiet cousin Sonya, and the impetuous son Nicholas,
who has just joined the army led by the old General Kutuzov. The
Russian troops are mobilized in alliance with the Austrian empire,
which is currently resisting Napoleon's onslaught. Both Andrew and
Nicholas go to the front. Andrew is wounded at the Battle of
Austerlitz, and though he survives, he is long presumed dead.
Pierre is made sole heir of his father's fortune and marries Helene
Kuragina in a daze. Helene cheats on Pierre, and he challenges her
seducer to a duel in which Pierre nearly kills the man.
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