The Cossacks and other stories

Tolstoy, Leo graf 1828-1910 (Author). Foote, I. P. (Irwin Paul) (Added Author). McDuff, David, 1945- (Added Author).

Summary: "In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy travelled to the Caucasus and joined the army there as a cadet. The four years that followed were among the most significant in his life, and provided the material for the stories collected here. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, The Cossacks describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending time with the wild Cossack people. Sevastopol Sketches, based on Tolstoy's own experiences of the siege of Sevastopol in 1854-55, is a description and consideration of the nature of war. In Hadji Murat, written towards the end of his life, Tolstoy returns to the Caucasus of his youth and portrays the fate of a great leader, torn apart and destroyed by a conflict of loyalties. This edition also includes notes and maps."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780140449594
ISBN: 0140449590
Physical Description: xxx, 483 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
print
Edition: [New edition ].
Publisher: London ; Penguin, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Cossacks -- Sevastopol stories. Sevastopol in December ; Sevastopol in May ; Sevastopol in August 1855 -- Hadji Murat.
Language Note:	Translated from the Russian.