Leo Tolstoy
81) War and Peace
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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...
82) 1805
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It was in July, 1805, and the speaker was the well-known Anna Pávlovna Schérer, maid of honor and favorite of the Empress Márya Fëdorovna. With these words she greeted Prince Vasíli Kurágin, a man of high rank and importance, who was the first to arrive at her reception. Anna Pávlovna had had a cough for some days. She was, as she said, suffering from la grippe; grippe being then a new word in St. Petersburg, used only by the elite. All her...
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In addition to his towering novels, Tolstoy also triumphed with shorter works. Included in this collection are tales based on the author's personal military experience: "The Invaders," "The Wood-Cutting Expedition," "An Old Acquaintance," "Lost on the Steppe, or, The Snowstorm," and "Polikushka Kholstomer."
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Schoolboy Mitya is in desperate need of money to repay a debt, but his father angrily denies him assistance. Dejected, under the instigation of a friend Makhin, Mitya simply changes a 2.50 note to read 12.50, but this one evil deed sets off a chain of events that affects the lives of dozens of others, when his one falsehood indirectly causes a man to murder a woman.
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Originally published in 1930, this book contains the widely respected essay 'What Is Art', by the well-known Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, and is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of any fan of his works. Many of these earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the...
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Emelian was a laborer and worked for a master. He was walking through a field one day on his way to work, when a frog hopped in front of him and he just missed crushing it by stepping across. Suddenly someone called to him from behind. He turned, and there stood a beautiful maiden, who said to him, 'Why don't you marry, Emelian?'
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The four classic tales in this volume illuminate Leo Tolstoy's radical orientation toward war and commerce, revealing his vision for a sustainable, peaceable world. The feature story, Ivan the Fool, presents an archetypal fool who works hard, cooperates with everyone, and manages to foil every attempt to cause his downfall. In the end, peasant life comes out on top, while the pillars of imperial Russian society topple down. Esarhaddon, King of Assyria...
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Extrait: "Les Doutlof sont bien à plaindre, madame. Ce sont tous de braves gens. Si nous ne nous mettons pas sur la liste un des serfs attachés à la maison, ce sera le tour d'un des fils Doutlof. Mais il sera fait selon votre volonté. Il posa sa main droite sur la gauche, les mit sur son ventre, courba légèrement sa tête, serra ses lèvres minces, ferma les yeux et se prépara évidemment à écouter avec patience toutes les sottises que lui...
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Soon to be a major TV series, airing in 2016. 'War & Peace' is a masterpiece - an epic portrait of Russian society and its descent into the Napoleonic Wars, which has inspired love and devotion among its readers for over a century. Focusing on the lives of five aristocratic families, 'War & Peace' tells the story of three young people whose lives are swept along by events and changed forever: the misfit Pierre, philosophical Andrei and romantic, impulsive...
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En 1854, Léon Tolstoï s'engagea dans l'armée et participa à la défense de Sébastopol en Crimée contre les troupes françaises et anglaises. De cette expérience militaire il tira trois récits de vie dans une ville assiégée, dans les tranchées sous les bombes, trois réflexions sur l'homme dans la guerre qui esquissent l'accomplissement que sera dix ans plus tard Guerre et Paix.
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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.
93) Family Happiness
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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.
94) After the Dance
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"After The Dance" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy. The main character Ivan sets out to prove that it is all by chance. Yet in the end, he seems to prove that it is by environment.
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The Death of Ivan Illych and Other Stories, by Elizabeth Gaskell, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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• Biographies of...
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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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During the last years of his life, Leo Tolstoy kept one book invariably on his desk, read and reread it to his family, and recommended it to all his friends: a compendium of wise thoughts gathered over the course of a decade from his wide—ranging readings in philosophy and religion, and from his own spiritual meditations.
Thoughtful Wisdom for Every Day comprises Tolstoy's own most essential ideas about spirituality and what it is to live a good...
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En un momento de notable crisis espiritual, Tolstói, basándose en la experiencia real de un viaje que emprendiera dos años antes, escribe "La tormenta de nieve" (1856).
Con una muy fuerte carga metafísica, nos describe, al amparo de las condiciones externas, un sueño y la presencia de la muerte, el punto de inflexión entre el conformismo y el coraje. Memorable y entrañablemente poética, esta narración a medio camino entre la alegoría y el...
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Throughout the turbulent period of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the fortunes and futures of the prominent Bolkonsky, Rostov, Bezukhov, Kuragin, and Drubetskoy families are affected by their allegiances and alliances.
Intertwining a historical account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia with the fictional lives of several prominent families, War and Peace tells the story of some of the most famous characters in literary history, including Natasha Rostova,...