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One of the greatest novelists of all time, Leo Tolstoy is famed worldwide for his masterpieces of realist fiction, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. This comprehensive collection contains both those iconic works, as well as his final novel, Resurrection, his autobiographical essay 'A Confession', Stephen Wakelam's dramatic account of his tempestuous marriage, Mrs Tolstoy, and In Our Time: Tolstoy. 

Красочно описываются первые впечатления в детстве мальчика: влюблённость, обида, жалость, предвкушение, горечь прощания. Мелочи, которые доставляют неприятности и мелочи, которые радуют.

Prompted by his late-in-life conversion to Christianity, Tolstoy's novella describes the early Christians' philosophy and their difficult road to freedom of religious expression. Also included is a prefatory story, "A Talk Among Leisured People", which presents the divergent views of enthusiastic, optimistic youth as compared to their elder's mundane acceptance of life and its burdens.

First published in 1865 by The Russian Messenger, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is considered to be one of the longest novels ever written, although Tolstoy himself did not consider this book "a novel". Interspersed between narrative chapters concerning five aristocratic families are several philosophical and historical chapters against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, where Tolstoy weaves a tale of drama with characters that include statesmen and generals of that era, mixing domestic life, balls, and war councils into one epic story.

Tolstoy wrote Anna Karenina in 1875, 13 years after he was married to his beloved wife Sophia. It is clear from recovered diaries that he was devoted to her, but also struggled with what he called a “torturous struggle of lust” and was very open with Sophia that “he was not in control of himself”. Tolstoy and Sophia had 13 children and their marriage survived to the end of Tolstoy’s life.

Anna Karenina is a complex novel in eight parts with more than a dozen major characters. The narrative deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, and Russian society against a backdrop of rapid transformation due to the liberal reforms of Emperor Alexander II. The plot revolves around an extramarital affair between Anna and the cavalry officer Count Alexei Vronsky that scandalizes Saint Petersburg society and compels the young lovers to flee to Italy in search of an elusive happiness.

Leo Tolstoy is widely recognized as one of the world's greatest novelists and short story writers and a master of realistic fiction. He is equally known for his complex and paradoxical persona and for his extreme moralistic and ascetic views, developed following a moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became known for his deep moral thinking and social reforms.

The Cossacks is a short novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1863. It tells the story of the nobleman Dmitry Olenin who joins the army in the hope of escaping the boredom and superficiality of daily life. He longs to find fulfilment among the people of the Caucasus. While spending life as a Cossack, he learns lessons about the nature of reality, moral philosophy, the complexities of psychology, and his own inner life.

"A Confession" is an 1880 autobiographical essay on the subject of despair, philosophy, and religion by the great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. In it, he describes his search for answers to questions on the meaning of life. Tolstoy discusses his various attempts to find answers in science, philosophy, Eastern wisdom, and the opinions of his fellow novelists. Recognizing the deep religious convictions of ordinary people as a source of answers, he challenges the authenticity of organized religion.

Unlike his two brothers, a merchant and a militarist, Ivan lacks insight into the ways of the materialistic world. He stays on the farm to look after his parents and sister. The story idealizes peasant life while pointing out the devious and destructive aspects of commerce and the military.

Kann ein Mann alles richtig machen und dabei trotzdem alles falsch machen? Ja, denn Iwan Iljitsch ist genau so ein Lebewesen, dass immer nur dem genügen will, was die Gesellschaft gerade als schicklich betrachtet. Er macht Karriere, weil Karriere als erstrebenswert proklamiert wird, er heiratet, weil das Heiraten als obligatorischer Begleitzustand des guten Tons angesehen wird und erfüllt seine Arbeit innerhalb der geforderten Richtlinien, wobei er nicht den geringsten Gedanken daran verschwendet, dass es Menschen gibt, die die Dinge anders sehen könnten als er.

"Это сочинение - обзор богословия и разбор Евангелий - есть лучшее произведение моей мысли, есть та одна книга, которую (как говорят) человек пишет во всю свою жизнь", - утверждал сам Лев Николаевич Толстой.

Held dieser Erzählung ist ein geschecktes Pferd, an dessen wechselvollen Erfahrungen mit seinen moralisch verkommenen Besitzern die Brüchigkeit der Gesellschaft entlarvt wird. Eine ergreifende Parabel über das Anderssein und die Leidensfähigkeit der Kreatur.

Die Novelle "Drei Tode" wurde von Lew Tolstoi im Jahre 1859 geschrieben. Sie beschreibt die unterschiedlichen Arten zu Sterben und den...

Zwischen einigen zufällig zusammen Reisenden eines Eisenbahnabteils entwickelt sich ein Gespräch über Liebe, Ehe, Scheidung u.s.w. Als nach einigen Stationen die meisten Reisenden das Abteil verlassen haben, legt Vasilij Pozdnysev, sichtlich aufgewühlt durch die vorangegangenen Gespräche, einem jüngeren Mitreisenden gegenüber seine Lebensbeichte ab.

Tolstois Erzählung aus der Zeit des russisch-tschetschenischen Krieges in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts schildert den Freiheitskampf der kaukasischen Völker gegen den sich ausbreitenden russischen Zarismus. Murat Hadschi wird dabei zum tragischen Helden in einer Welt von rücksichtslosen Offizieren, leibeigenen Bauern sowie in Blutfehde lebenden Kaukasusvölkern. Kunstvoll und modern wechselt Tolstoi dabei zwischen den Perspektiven der Protagonisten.

Martin is an old cobbler with a good trade, but he has had a hard life. His soul is now embittered against God. When he hears a mysterious voice calling him in the middle of the night, his soul seems to lighten and awaken to answer the call.

Blistatel'naja komedija velikogo russkogo pisatelja L'va Nikolaevicha Tolstogo (1828-1910). V Peterburge, v bogatom dome Zvezdincevyh, v privychnoj utrennej sumatohe snujut slugi, bespreryvno zvonjat v dver' posetiteli: artelycik ot Burd'e s plat'em i zapiskoj dlja baryni, Sahatov Sergej Ivanovich, byvshij tovarishh ministra, jelegantnyj gospodin, svobodnyj i interesujushhijsja vsem na svete, doktor, reguljarno nabljudajushhij barynju, Jakov-bufetchik, vechno vinovatyj, nelovkij i puglivyj.

The book contains Tolstoy's pedagogical article "Linen-Measurer".

This novel is believed to be partially based on Tolstoy's own experiences. It is the story of a Russian soldier, Dmitri, and his time spent in the Caucasus. He befriends an old Cossack and meets a Cossack girl, Maryanka, and falls in love. As the story progresses, he learns more about himself and comes to realize how wrong and immoral his former life in Russian High Society was.