Bücher von Leo Tolstoy

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This translation will show that you don't read War and Peace, you live it' The TimesTolstoy's enthralling epic depicts Russia's war with Napoleon and its effects on the lives of those caught up in the conflict.

Trapped in a stifling marriage, Anna Karenina is swept off her feet by dashing Count Vronsky. Rejected by society, the two lovers flee to Italy, where Anna finds herself isolated from all except the man she loves, and who loves her. But can they live by love alone? In this novel of astonishing scope and grandeur, Leo Tolstoy, the great master of Russian literature, charts the course of the human heart.A masterpiece of realism and illuminated by irresistible characters, Anna Karenina is among the best-loved of all novels, penetrating to the heart of the ruling class in Tsarist Russia. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Anna Karenina is translated by Aylmer & Louise Maude, and features an afterword by Ned Halley.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Originally published in 1916, this book contains the Russian text of Tolstoy's 1855 work Sevastopol Sketches. An editorial introduction and textual notes are included in English. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Tolstoy and Russian literature.

Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series of classics at GBP4.99, Anna Karenina presents, here in a new translation, a poignant blend of realism and lyricism that makes it one of the most perfect, enduring novels of all time.

Tolstoy wrote Master and Man from an idea which originated while he was organising food centres in the famine-stricken areas of central Russia. The story shows how they two individuals react when faced with danger and expresses Tolstoy's understanding of the meaning of life and his acceptance of death.

When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy's then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century marriage, and his thinking on the role of art and music in society.In her Introduction, Doris Lessing shows how relevant The Kreutzer Sonata is to our understanding of Tolstoy the artist, as well as to feminism and literature. This Modern Library Paperback Classic also contains Tolstoy's Sequel to the Kruetzer Sonata.

Divided into three parts, this volume includes tales and fables. Part 1 consists of stories about the author's own childhood. Part 2 contains his free adaptations of fables from Aesop and from Hindu tradition. Part 3 is devoted to his most famous children's work, the fairy tale "Ivan the Fool and His Two Brothers."

Reissued in new trade paperback format and design.