Hadji Murad
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.27 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1602060134 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 100 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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His work was admired in his time by Dostoyevsky, Checkov, Turgenev, and Flaubert, and later by Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. . About the Author Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist and moral philosopher noted for his ideas of nonviolent resistance. He was known for his generosity to the peasants.His best known novels are “War and Peace” (1869), which Tolstoy regarded as an epic rather than a novel, and “Anna Karenina” (1877). His diary reveals an incessant pursuit of a morally justified life
. His diary reveals an incessant pursuit of a morally justified life. Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist and moral philosopher noted for his ideas of nonviolent resistance. His work was admired in his time by Dostoyevsky, Checkov, Turgenev, and Flaubert, and later by Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. He was known for his generosity to the peasants
Brutal and uncompromising, this remains a work of startling insight into an ethnic war that continues to this day. He is considered one of the greatest novelists in any language in all of human history, but many of Leo Tolstoy's works remain obscure today. Russian writer COUNT LEV ("LEO") NIKOLAYEVICH TOLSTOY (1828-1910) is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). ALSO FROM COSIMO: Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God Is Within You, The Cossacks, and The Pathway of Life. This short novel, published posthumously and recommended by Harold Bloom in his Western Canon, is the writer's fictionalized account of his service in the Russian army in Chechen in the 1850s and of a Chechen soldier, Hadji Murád, who defects to the enemy with tragic results
Andrea R said a fairly readable account of actual historical events. This was my introduction to the great Russian writers. I didn't really enjoy it that much, but I did find it a fairly readable account of actual historical events.It's the 1850s, and Russia is at war with the Chechens. Hadji Murad is the Chechen hero who defects to the Russian side. Most of the no. "Terrific story but avoid buying this edition!" according to Patrick W. Crabtree. I'll go into the actual story further along but I first wished to caution potential buyers of this book about the poor quality of this specific edition, as published by Filiquarian Publishing, LLC, (referred to as "FP" from here forward.)First, FP has posted a large-font notice in the front of thi. "I believe it was touted as Tolstoy's greatest and so I read w expectations that were difficult" according to Gail D'ARCY. Sorry it has been a while since since I read it. I believe it was touted as Tolstoy's greatest and so I read w expectations that were difficult to support. I got it. It was a natural progression of a person's life. Murad was a good guy with a real life but things did not go all that well. I probab