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War and Peace (Paperback, New edition)
Leo Tolstoy; Introduction by Henry Claridge; Notes by Henry Claridge; Introduction by Olga Claridge; Notes by Olga Claridge; Translated by …
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War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia.
While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable
process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with
a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless
and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew
Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoy's
philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery. This translation
is one which received Tolstoy's approval.
Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Introduction and Notes by
E.B. Greenwood, University of Kent. Anna Karenina is one of the
most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming
charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density.
Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a
novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all
levels,- of destiny, death, human relationships and the
irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically, and
there is much that evokes despair, yet set beside this is an
abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures, and a profusion
of comic relief.
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War and Peace (Hardcover)
Leo Tolstoy; Translated by Louise Maude; Introduction by Amy Mandelker
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I don't understand it; I don't in the least understand why men
can't live without wars. How is it that we women don't want
anything of the kind, don't need it? Tolstoy's epic masterpiece
intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the
time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The
fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, of Pierre, Natasha, and
Andrei, are intimately connected with the national history that is
played out in parallel with their lives. Balls and soirees
alternate with councils of war and the machinations of statesmen
and generals, scenes of violent battles with everyday human
passions in a work whose extraordinary imaginative power has never
been surpassed. The prodigious cast of characters, both great and
small, seem to act and move as if connected by threads of destiny
as the novel relentlessly questions ideas of free will, fate, and
providence. Yet Tolstoy's portrayal of marital relations and scenes
of domesticity is as truthful and poignant as the grand themes that
underlie them. In this definitive and highly acclaimed Maude
translation, Tolstoy's genius and the power of his prose are made
newly available to the contemporary reader. In addition this
edition includes a new introduction by Amy Mandelker, revised and
expanded notes, lists of fictional and historical characters, a
chronology of historical events, five maps, and Tolstoy's essay
'Some Words about War and Peace'.
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Twenty-Three Tales (Paperback)
Leo Tolstoy; Translated by Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude
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This volume contains Tales for Children, including "God Sees the
Truth, but Waits," "A Prisoner in the Caucasus," and "The
Bear-Hunt"; Popular Stories including, "What Men Live By," "A Spark
Neglected Burns the House," "Two Old Men," and "Where Love Is, God
Is"; a Fairy Tale, "The Story of Ivan the Fool"; stories written to
pictures, including "Evil Allures, but Good Endures," "Little Girls
Wiser Than Men," and "Elias"; folktales retold, including "The
Three Hermits," "The Imp and the Crust," "How Much Land Does a Man
Need?," "A Grain as Big as a Hen's Egg," "The Godson," "The
Repentant Sinner," and "The Empty Drum"; adaptations from the
French, "The Coffee-House of Surat," "Too Dear "; and stories given
to aid the persecuted Jews, "Esarhaddon, King of Assyria," "Work,
Death and Sickness," and "Three Questions."
Introduction by John Bayley
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Resurrection (Paperback, UK ed.)
Leo Tolstoy; Series edited by Keith Carabine; Introduction by Anthony Briggs; Translated by Louise Maude
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This powerful novel, Tolstoy's third major masterpiece, after War
and Peace and Anna Karenina, begins with a courtroom drama (the
finest in Russian literature) all the more stunning for being based
on a real-life event. Dmitri Nekhlyudov, called to jury service, is
astonished to see in the dock, charged with murder, a young woman
whom he once seduced, propelling her into prostitution. She is
found guilty on a technicality, and he determines to overturn the
verdict. This pitches him into a hellish labyrinth of Russian
courts, prisons and bureaucracy, in which the author loses no
opportunity for satire and bitter criticism of a state system (not
confined to that country) of cruelty and injustice. This is Dickens
for grown-ups, involving a hundred characters, Crime and Punishment
brought forward half a century. With unforgettable set-pieces of
sexual passion, conflict and social injustice, Resurrection
proceeds from brothel to court-room, stinking cells to offices of
state, luxury apartments to filthy life in Siberia. The ultimate
crisis of moral responsibility embroils not only the famous author
and his hero, but also you and me. Can we help resolve the eternal
issues of law and imprisonment?
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War and Peace (Hardcover)
Leo Tolstoy; Translated by Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude
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This epic is considered one of the most celebrated works of fiction
and is regarded as Tolstoy's finest literary work. The book details
events leading to Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and the impact of
the Napoleonic times on Tsarist society. Newsweek in 2009 ranked it
top of its list of Top 100 Books.
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'How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic
fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the
thrills of Tolstoy's stories' Sharon Cameron in her preface to The
Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories Tolstoy wrote in many genres
for different audiences. In this, the first of three volumes of his
shorter fiction chosen and introduced by the critic Sharon Cameron,
we see works originally written for children, like 'God Sees the
Truth But Waits', and 'A Prisoner in the Caucasus'. They stand
alongside others which show his range and accomplishment, including
an early story based on his experiences in the Crimean war,
'Sevastopol in May', and the visceral intensity of one of his
greatest works, 'The Death of Ivan Ilych'. This riverrun edition
reissues the translation of Louise and Aylmer Maude, whose
influential versions of Tolstoy first brought his work to a wide
readership in English.
"In the Days of Serfdom" and Other Stories, originally published in
1911, presents in miniature themes developed in Tolstoy's longer
works War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The compelling stories in
this collection have largely been ignored by contemporary scholars
and teachers because of their general unavailability. Available
once again, the stories reveal new thematic and stylisitic
dimensions to Tolstoy's oeuvre. While not all of the stories deal
with actual serfdom, they all address the legacy of serfdom, of
choicelessness, in Tolstoy's Russia. These stories are also
thoroughly modern, concerned as they are with the market economy,
changing values, and women's roles in society. Artistically and
historically significant, they constitute ethical and spiritual
questionings that deal with lives out of control, with characters
making sense of the experience of living.
'How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic
fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the
thrills of Tolstoy's stories' Sharon Cameron in her preface to
Hadji Murad and Other Stories This, the third volume of Tolstoy's
shorter fiction concentrates on his later stories, including one of
his greatest, 'Hadji Murad'. In the stark form of homily that
shapes these later works, life considered as one's own has no
rational meaning. From the chain of events that follows in the wake
of two schoolboys' deception in 'The Forged Coupon' to the
disillusionment of the narrator in 'After the Ball' we see, in
Virginia Woolf's observation, that Tolstoy puts at the centre of
his writing one 'who gathers into himself all experience, turns the
world round between his fingers, and never ceases to ask, even as
he enjoys it, what is the meaning of it'. The riverrun edition
reissues the translation of Louise and Aylmer Maude, whose
influential versions of Tolstoy first brought his work to a wide
readership in English.
'How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic
fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the
thrills of Tolstoy's stories' Sharon Cameron in her preface to The
Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories This second volume of Tolstoy's
shorter fiction, selected by the critic Sharon Cameron, contains
'Family Happiness', 'The Devil' and 'The Kreutzer Sonata', three of
Tolstoy's unhappy-marriage stories as well as 'Father Sergius', a
story of a loss of identity in ambitious pursuit of holy virtue and
'Master and Man'. Tolstoy's antidotes to delusion, fear, jealousy
and even madness have an ethical thread pulled through the fabric
of different themes and genres. This riverrun edition reissues the
translation of Louise and Aylmer Maude, whose influential versions
of Tolstoy first brought his work to a wide readership in English.
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Anna Karenina (Paperback)
Leo Tolstoy; Translated by Louise Maude; W.Gareth Jones
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In 1872 the mistress of a neighbouring landowner threw herself
under a train at a station near Tolstoy's home. This gave Tolstoy
the starting point he needed for composing what many believe to be
the greatest novel ever written. In writing Anna Karenina he moved
away from the vast historical sweep of War and Peace to tell, with
extraordinary understanding, the story of an aristocratic woman who
brings ruin on herself. Anna's tragedy is interwoven with not only
the courtship and marriage of Kitty and Levin but also the lives of
many other characters. Rich in incident, powerful in
characterization, the novel also expresses Tolstoy's own moral
vision. `The correct way of putting the question is the artist's
duty', Chekhov once insisted, and Anna Karenina was the work he
chose to make his point. It solves no problem, but it is deeply
satisfying because all the questions are put correctly. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
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My Own Affairs (Hardcover)
Princess Of Belgium 1858-1924 Louise, Maude M C Tr Ffoulkes
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Egyptians of Long Ago (Paperback)
Louise Maud 1897- Mohr; Created by Carleton Wolsey 1899- Washburne, Willard W (Willard Walcott) Beatty
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My Own Affairs (Paperback)
Princess Of Belgium 1858-1924 Louise, Maude M C Tr Ffoulkes
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Resurrection (Paperback)
Leo Tolstoy; Translated by Louise Maude; Edited by Richard F. Gustafson
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Resurrection (1899) is the last of Tolstoy's major novels. It tells
the story of a nobleman's attempt to redeem the suffering his
youthful philandering inflicted on a peasant girl who ends up a
prisoner in Siberia. Tolstoy's vision of redemption achieved
through loving forgiveness, and his condemnation of violence,
dominate the novel. An intimate, psychological tale of guilt,
anger, and forgiveness, Resurrection is at the same time a
panoramic description of social life in Russia at the end of the
nineteenth century, reflecting its author's outrage at the social
injustices of the world in which he lived. This edition, which
updates a classic translation, has explanatory notes and a
substantial introduction based on the most recent scholarship in
the field. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's
Classics has made available the widest range of literature from
around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Egyptians of Long Ago (Hardcover)
Louise Maud 1897- Mohr; Created by Carleton Wolsey 1899- Washburne, Willard W (Willard Walcott) Beatty
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Resurrection (Paperback)
Leo Tolstoy; Translated by Louise Maude
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Master and Man (Paperback)
Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude; Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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