Leo Tolstoy
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Pandora's Box
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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Here you will find the complete novels and novellas of Leo Tolstoy in the chronological order of their original publication. - Childhood
- Boyhood
- Youth
- Family Happiness
- The Cossacks
- War and Peace
- Anna Karenina
- The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- The Kreutzer Sonata
- Resurrection
- The Forged Coupon
- Hadji Murad
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2003
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English
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This new edition combines Tolstoy’s most famous short tale, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, with a less well known but equally brilliant gem, Master and Man, both newly translated by Ann Pasternak Slater. Both stories confront death and the process of dying: In Ivan Ilyich, a bureaucrat looks back over his life, which suddenly seems meaningless and wasteful, while in Master and Man, a landowner and servant must each confront the...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
The Power of Darkness, a play by Leo Tolstoy, delves into the tragic story of a peasant named Nikita. He abandons a young orphan, Marinka, after seducing her. Driven by greed and manipulation, his new wife, Anisiya, murders her own husband to be with Nikita. The play's darkness deepens as Nikita, under Anisiya's influence, impregnates his stepdaughter and ultimately murders the newborn....
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Follow the renowned novelist's journey to his own peace. Leo Tolstoy was born to an aristocratic Russian family, became a world-famous influential novelist, and then chose to lead the simple life of a peasant. Dating from this last part of his life, Tolstoy's influential book, What I Believe, takes readers along on the path to a life modeled literally on Jesus Christ's "Sermon on the Mount" and the teachings of the Gospels. In revealing and frank...
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Deutsch
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Die komplexe und sympathische Protagonistin Anna Karenina ist zwischen Pflichtgefühl und Lust hin-und hergerissen. Entgegen den gesellschaftlichen Normen der russischen Gesellschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts lässt sie sich auf eine verbotene Romanze mit dem Grafen Alexej Wronskij ein.
Anna Kareninas Zerissenheit spiegelt die des feudalen russischen Kaiserreichs wider, das von den Herausforderungen der Moderne zunehmend überfordert ist. Tolstoi gelingt...
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English
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In A Confession, Leo Tolstoy confronts the profound existential questions that haunted him. Translated by Aylmer Maude, this autobiographical work offers an intimate glimpse into the mind of one of literature's giants. Tolstoy candidly shares his journey from despair to enlightenment, questioning life's purpose and his own beliefs.
7) Resurrection
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Portuguese
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«Ressurreição» é o último dos grandes romances de Tolstoi. Publicado em 1899, conta a história de um príncipe russo, Dimitri Nekludov, e de uma antiga empregada doméstica por ele seduzida.
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Portuguese
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Lançando mão da sua experiência pessoal, de manuais de ginecologia, de conselhos médicos para a higiene feminina e do relato que ouvira das angústias de um homem ante a traição de sua esposa, o autor de «Guerra e Paz» criou uma narrativa cujo enredo dialoga com as escalas vertiginosas do piano e do violino na sonata de Beethoven, e no qual o andamento inexorável da tragédia se soma à lucidez cristalina da linguagem.
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Portuguese
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Publicada em 1859, quando o escritor tinha pouco mais de trinta anos, 'A Felicidade Conjugal' é talvez a primeira obra-prima de Lev Tolstoi e prenuncia um tema que terá muita importância na vida do autor russo: o tema do desejo, neste caso apreendido do ponto de vista feminino.
10) War and Peace
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Portuguese
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Escrito entre 1865 e 1869, "Guerra e Paz" é provavelmente a obra-prima de Tolstoi e uma das maiores criações literárias de sempre.
Tendo como pano de fundo um cenário de guerra, com a invasão da Rússia por parte das tropas napoleónicas, esta novela épica surge como uma reflexão sobre a vida humana e a sua frágil existência. Nesta obra grandiosa, as personagens amam, odeiam e lutam, mas acima de tudo anseiam por encontrar o sentido da...
11) The Awakening
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Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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The young nobleman, Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov, had no care in the world when he seduced a young maid, Katerina (Katusha) Maslova, only to cruelly abandon her. Unaffected by the situation he carries on with his life. Her on the other hand loses her job as a result of the affair and is forced into a life of prostitution.Now, 10 years later, Katerina stands accused of murdering an abusive client and faces deportation to Siberia. Dmitri sits on the...
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Global Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy is an epic novel set during the Napoleonic wars in Russia. It follows various characters whose lives are shaped by the tumultuous period. Tolstoy explores the profound connection between war and peace, blending personal stories with historical events and offering insights into human nature and the futility of conflict. Tolstoy's masterpiece, "War and Peace," examines the complex nature of war and its impact on individuals...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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It isn't always easy being a demon.As Luci, the demon in Matt Groening's Netflix series 'Disenchantment' will agree, not everybody is easy to tempt.Leo Tolstoy's 'The First Distiller' features a very down demon, who has the tough task of tempting the wholesome Russian peasants.He longs to have some politicians or businessmen to bring down - until he has the bright idea of inventing alcohol.History tells us what comes next!-
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Alcohol abuse is one of societies great levellers.It does not matter whether you are a prince or a peasant, when the demon drink controls you, you are the same.That is the message at the heart of Leo Tolstoy's 'The Cause of it All' - a warning against over-imbibing.It features Mihayla, the apparently respectable head of a rural Russian family.Then there is the vagrant who has been given shelter in their home for a night.Both get drunk, with Mihayla...
15) Redemption
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Even the greatest authors cannot resist a love triangle.Leo Tolstoy has Fedor Protasov as one of the three sides. He is tormented by the belief that his wife Liza (side two) really loves his rival, Victor (side three).Feeling suicidal, he contemplates the best course of action.In a plot that could be 'Dallas' or 'Downton Abbey' circa 1911, Fedor does a runner to escape his life, has a fling with a Gypsy singer, joins the Gypsy life, then does another...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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A group of rich Russians gather one night for hospitality and conversation, all admitting that they aren't happy and aren't optimistic that their children will ever find happiness either. They agree that the ideal of spirituality is one thing, but that it's easier said than done. Here follows a story about the lives of a couple of ordinary men who convert from paganism to Christianity.Walk in the Light While There is Light is an inspiring and uplifting...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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How many letters can be claimed to have been as influential as this?Leo Tolstoy's 'Letter to a Hindu' was originally sent to the Indian revolutionary and scholar Tarak Nath Das.Its circulation saw it spotted by a young Mahatma Gandhi, who was living in South Africa and printed it in his newspaper, Indian Opinion.In the letter, Tolstoy argues that only love would enable the Indian people to gain independence from Britain.It helped Gandhi form his revolutionary...
18) War and Peace IV
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Moscow is lost, occupied by Napoleon's French hordes. Is Russia lost? Is all lost? Students of history will already know the answer. But whether or not you do, Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace IV' is an extraordinary and epic telling of what happened next. Through the eyes of the Russian soldier-aristocrat Pierre, we see mercy and inhumanity behind the lines. He even embarks on a plot to assassinate Napoleon. Spoiler alert: he failed. On the home front,...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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"He tried to rise, but two ill-savoured Tartars were already sitting on him and binding his hands behind his back."Two Russian soldier are kidnapped by their rivals while serving in the Caucasus. One is resourceful and optimistic and spends his time in captivity looking for a way to escape; the other is pessimistic and lazy and only complains. One day, they try to escape.The Prisoner in The Caucasus is based on a real incident from Tolstoy's soldier...
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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"You always wished to appear original (...) but your originality is really nothing but excessive self-esteem."Nineteen-year-old Nekhlyudov writes to his aunt that he has given up his university studies and devoted himself entirely to the affairs of his estate. High on his own idealistic plan, he tells her that it is his sacred duty to improve the conditions for the hundreds of peasants working for him, and that he will devote his life to their happiness....