Leo Tolstoy
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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...
62) Three Deaths
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"Three Deaths" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1859. It narrates the deaths of three subjects: a noblewoman, a coachman and a tree.
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It once occurred to a King that if he knew the right moment when to begin on any work and the right kind of people to have or not to have dealings with and the thing to do that was more important than any other thing, he would always be successful. And he proclaimed throughout his kingdom that he would give a great reward to anyone who could tell him what was the right moment for any action, and who were the most essential of all people, and what...
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Lew Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi, deutsch häufig auch Leo Tolstoi (1828-1910), war ein russischer Schriftsteller. Seine Hauptwerke "Krieg und Frieden" und "Anna Karenina" sind Klassiker des realistischen Romans, die seinen literarischen Ruhm begründeten....
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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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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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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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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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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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"The Kreutzer Sonata" portrays an intense conflict between sexual desire and moral constraint. "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" is a simple, moving tale of peasant life with a moral lesson; the hero of "The Death of Ivan Ilych," after a lifetime of struggle, finds faith and love only as he faces death. Explanatory footnotes.
71) Three Questions
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The story takes the form of a parable, and it concerns a king who wants to find the answers to what he considers the three most important questions in life. When is the best time to do each thing? Who are the most important people to work with? What is the most important thing to do at all times?
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A beautiful collection of stories for children. "So it is with you, if you live in peace, no one will overcome you, but if you quarrel, and are divided, any one will easily ruin you." In this book, Tolstoy retells the wonderful fables from Aesop, old Hindu tales and Russian shorts as well as legends that transcend borders and continents.
73) Sebastopol
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The Sevastopol Sketches, called in English translations the Sebastopol Sketches (pre-reform Russian: Сeвacтoпoльcкie paзcкaзы, tr. Sevastópolʹskiye razskázy; post-reform Russian: Сeвacтoпoльcкиe paccкaзы, tr. Sevastópolʹskiye rasskázy), also published in English as Sevastopol, are three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published in 1855 to record his experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol (1854—1855).
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Este volumen está compuesta por cuatros relatos de Lev N. Tolstói: Relatos de Sebastopol (1855), El prisionero del Cáucaso (1872), Después del baile y Hadzhí Murat, de 1903, en los que la experiencia vital del autor es clave para trasladar una base histórica desde la que vehicular el mensaje pacifista que reina en toda su obra, donde el sufrimiento se reparte desigualmente entre las clases sociales que componen el ejército zarista. Los Relatos...
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El joven Delessov asiste a una fiesta con sus compañeros. Comienza a aburrirse, hasta que hace entrada en la sala un hombre mal vestido y descuidado. Se llama Alberto, y es músico. Su mirada resulta extraña, y cuando toca el violín se transforma, haciendo experimentar sensaciones nuevas a quienes lo escuchan. Delessov se plantea ser su protector, sin valorar bien las consecuencias de su decisión.
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Nadie dudará nunca que la extensa e incomparable obra del ruso Lev Tolstói, su impresionante legado literario, ha quedado grabado para la inmortalidad.
El autor de las eternas Guerra y Paz y de Anna Karenina pensaba que narrar era una manera de vida y un camino a la realización personal; las cosas sucedían y había que contarlas. Por eso escribió hasta el final de sus días novelas, cuentos y dramas en defensa de sus ideas. Sus temas son los...
77) Alyosha the Pot
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"Alyosha the Pot" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy and a masterpiece of rare perfection. Alyosha, a young child who lives in a village and obtained the nickname "the Pot" from an incident where he broke a pot in his youth, is sent to live with a merchant's family as a servant. He falls in love with Ustinja, a young girl who cooks for the merchant's family. Eventually he asks Ustinja to marry him, but his father scolds him and tells him that marriage...
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An examination of the conflicts within and among nations, this treatise proposes a remedy based on true Christian doctrine: recognition of love as the supreme law of life. Written just before World War I, it articulates Tolstoy's famous dictum that it is morally superior to suffer violence than to do violence-a philosophy that has inspired Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and countless others. Famed for such popular novels as War and Peace and Anna...
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A trio of semi-autobiographical novels, “Childhood”, “Boyhood”, and “Youth” portray a rich landowner's son and his growing realization of the gulf between himself and his family's peasants. Tolstoy's childlike perspective, leavened with adult understanding, weaves a universal tale of the emotions, confusions, and fears of a young boy as he begins to understand his place in society and his growing awareness of the world around him.
80) 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.