What's noticeable in War and Peace is Tolstoy's philosopical leanings there's an entire second epilogue devoted to the subject, and countless asides along the way. This edition is a compilation of the writer’s best short stories ranging from stories for children, Russian folk tales, to his adaptations from French stories, and the ones written for the Jewish pogrom victims in Russia.I've recently read both of Tolstoy's most celebrated works - they took me a lot less time than I thought they would, and after War and Peace I got a sudden fancy for Russian literature and read the other one. Leo Tolstoy, one of the world’s greatest novelists, had a writing career spanning across almost half a century. Perfect for gifting as well as for keeps. The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy- This collectable hardbound deluxe edition with gold foiling and gilding is beautifully crafted and designed. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel’s seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society. As Tolstoy follows the changing fortunes of his characters, he crafts a view of humanity that is both epic and intimate and that continues to define fiction at its most resplendent.Īnna Karenina- Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life cynical Prince Andrei, ennobled by wartime suffering and Natasha Rostov, whose impulsiveness threatens to destroy her happiness.
War and Peace- Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, War and Peace-presented here in the first new English translation in forty years-is often considered the greatest novel ever written.
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