Leo Tolstoy

The story of a greedy peasant named Pakhom. Although Pakhom enjoys health and family happiness, he feels dissatisfied when he learns of the grand fortunes of his relatives. He decides to go on a quest for more land, only to find that with each new acquisition new problems develop... How Much Land Does A Man Need? gives a delightful insight into old Russian values

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his dying so much as a passing thought. But one day, death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise, he is brought face to face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth? This short novel was an artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction. A thoroughly absorbing, and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation.

In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men. As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature. Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay `Some Words about War and Peace'.

Acclaimed by many as the world's greatest novel, Anna Karenina provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in all of literature. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions. Throughout, Tolstoy points no moral, merely inviting us not to judge but to watch. As Rosemary Edmonds comments, 'He leaves the shifting patterns of the kaleidoscope to bring home the meaning of the brooding words following the title, 'Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

Resurrection (1899) is the last of Tolstoy's major novels. It tells the story of a nobleman's attempt to redeem the suffering his youthful philandering inflicted on a peasant girl who ends up a prisoner in Siberia. Tolstoy's vision of redemption, achieved through loving forgiveness and his condemnation of violence, dominate the novel. An intimate, psychological tale of guilt, anger, and forgiveness, Resurrection is at the same time a panoramic description of social life in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, reflecting its author's outrage at the social injustices of the world in which he lived. This edition, which updates a classic translation, has explanatory notes, and a substantial introduction based on the most recent scholarship in the field.

In the last two days of his own life, Peter Carson completed these new translations of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession before he succumbed to cancer in January 2013. Carson, the eminent British publisher, editor, and translator who, in the words of his author Mary Beard, “had probably more influence on the literary landscape of [England] over the past fifty years than any other single person,” must have seen the irony of translating Ilyich, Tolstoy’s profound meditation on death and loss, “but he pressed on regardless, apparently refusing to be distracted by the parallel of literature and life.” In Carson’s shimmering prose, these two transcendent works are presented in their most faithful rendering in English. Unlike so many previous translations that have tried to smooth out Tolstoy’s rough edges, Carson presents a translation that captures the verisimilitude and psychological realism of the original Russian text.

Роман-эпопея, одно из самых значительных произведений русской классической литературы. Первая публикация текста: с 1865 по 1869 год. Входит в список обязательной литературы для средних школ.

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Considerado como um dos nomes maiores da literatura, este escritor, filósofo, pedagogo e até profeta, foi um defensor acérrimo das minorias e dos mais desfavorecidos, e um dos primeiros a insurgir-se contra a escravatura. Apesar das muitas perseguições a que foi sujeito, Tolstói encontrou na escrita um refúgio e foi de forma sábia que abordou temas tão inquietantes quanto complexos. Entre 1865 e 1869 escreveu e publicou aquela que é talvez a sua obra-prima e uma das maiores criações literárias de sempre: Guerra e Paz. Tendo como pano de fundo um cenário de guerra, com a invasão da Rússia por parte das tropas Napoleónicas, esta novela épica apoia-se em episódios ficcionais e históricos sobre aquele país, num momento de profunda convulsão. Tolstói deixou-nos um valiosíssimo legado literário e o seu nome perfila ao lado de outros grandes vultos como Shakespeare ou Homero.

Роман-эпопея, одно из самых значительных произведений русской классической литературы. Первая публикация текста: с 1865 по 1869 год. Входит в список обязательной литературы для средних школ.

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Love can be murderous Pozdnyshev and his wife have a turbulent relationship. When her beauty blossoms after the birth of their children, men begin to flock around her and he becomes increasingly jealous. Convinced his wife is betraying him with a young musician, he is driven to ever more dangerous lengths by his overpowering suspicion. The Kreutzer sonata -- The devil -- The forged coupon -- After the ball

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his dying so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face-to-face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth? This short novel was the artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction. A thoroughly absorbing and at times terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation.

With Anna Karenin, the psychological novel of the nineteenth century reached its peak. Acclaimed by many as the world's greatest novel, Anna Karenin provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in literature. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions. Throughout, Tolstoy points no moral, merely inviting us not to judge but to watch. As Rosemary Edmonds comments, 'He leaves the shifting patterns of the kaleidoscope to bring home the meaning of the brooding words following the title, "Vengeance is mine, and I will repay."' Anna Karenin was published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. Tolstoy clashed with editor Mikhail Katkov over political issues that arose in the final installment (Tolstoy's unpopular views of volunteers going to Serbia); therefore, the novel's first complete appearance was in book form in 1878.

Papa Panov's Christmas wish is to worship the Christ Child and give Him the finest pair of shoes he's ever made. In a dream on Christmas Eve, he's promised that his wish will come true, but he must watch carefully. What follows is Papa Panov's most joyful Christmas as he learns that the best way to celebrate the Savior's birth is by following His example.

When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy’s then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century marriage, and his thinking on the role of art and music in society. In her Introduction, Doris Lessing shows how relevant The Kreutzer Sonata is to our understanding of Tolstoy the artist, as well as to feminism and literature. This Modern Library Paperback Classic also contains Tolstoy’s Sequel to the Kruetzer Sonata .

A new, definitive translation of Tolstoy's early autobiographical trilogy Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy,  Childhood; Boyhood; Youth , in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an 'awkward mixture of fact and fiction', generations of readers have not agreed, finding the novel to be a charming and insightful portrait of inner growth against the background of a world limned with extraordinary clarity, grace and color. Evident too in its brilliant account of a young person's emerging awareness of the world and of his place within it are many of the stances, techniques and themes that would come to full flower in the immortal  War and Peace  and  Anna Karenina , and in the other great works of Tolstoy's maturity. Prizewinning translator Judson Rosengrant has stunningly realized Tolstoy's voice in English prose to make this new Penguin Classics edition of  Childhood; Boyhood; Youth  the "definitive translation. . . in this generation" (Janet Fitch).  For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories is a collection of stories that emerged from a profound spiritual crisis, during which Leo Tolstoy believed that he had encountered death itself. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Anthony Briggs, David McDuff and Ronald Wilks.These seven compelling stories explore, in very different ways, Tolstoy's preoccupation with mortality. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is a devastating account of a man fighting his inevitable end, and asks the existential question: why must a good person be taken before his time? In 'Polikushka', a light-fingered drunk's chance to prove himself has tragic repercussions, while 'Three Deaths' depicts the last moments of an aristocrat, a peasant and a tree, and 'The Forged Coupon' shows a seemingly minor offence that leads inexorably to ever more horrific crimes. And in three tales about soldiers, 'After the Ball', 'The Wood-felling' and 'The Raid', Tolstoy portrays the brutality that all too often accompanies military life.The translations by Anthony Briggs, David McDuff and Ronald Wilks capture Tolstoy's powerful, vivid prose. This edition also includes a new introduction by Anthony Briggs discussing Tolstoy's breakdown and the effect this had on his writing, as well as a chronology, further reading and notes.Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born at Yasnaya Polyana, in central Russia. He led a life of wasteful idleness until 1851, when he travelled to the Caucasus and joined the army with his older brother, fighting in the Crimean war. After marrying Sofya Behrs in 1862, Tolstoy settled down, managing his estates and writing two of his best-known novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878). In 1884 Tolstoy experienced a spiritual crisis, becoming an extreme moralist, rejecting the state, the church and private property. His last novel, Resurrection (1900), was written to raise money for the Doukhobor sect of Christian spiritualists.If you enjoyed The Death of Ivan Ilyich, you might like Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, also available in Penguin Classics.

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About the subjection of India, its cause and cure, with an introduction by M.K. Gandhi.

En esta bellísima historia, Tolstói nos habla del amor y del matrimonio a través de la historia de Masha y Serguéi. Contemplamos su enamoramiento, el candor de los primeros momentos, la dicha de la intimidad compartida, así como las tempranas decepciones que dan paso al verdadero amor. Un texto sobre la generosidad y la ternura que subyacen en toda unión profunda.

Entre los grandes escritores del siglo XIX, Lev Nicoláievich Tolstói (1828-1910) ha sido calificado como genio único, sin equivalente en ningún otro país. Hijo de un acaudalado terrateniente que le dejó una fortuna inmensa, se lanzó por la vía de la disipación hasta que su participación como oficial durante la guerra de Crimea le hizo volverse hacia unos valores humanistas y continuar una vocación literaria en la que ya se había iniciado antes de la guerra. El cambio afectó a sus convicciones espirituales más íntimas y desembocaría, al final de su vida, en una crisis moral y religiosa que derivó hacia un cristianismo evangélico radical. Al comienzo de esta etapa escribe Ana Karenina, en la que Tolstói refleja su visión de la sociedad urbana, símbolo de los vicios y el pecado, en oposición a la vida sana de la naturaleza y del campo. De ese mundo necio y patológico de la ciudad es víctima Ana Karenina, que se ha convertido en una figura clave de la literatura universal.

Considerados entre los mejores que salieron de la pluma de Lev Tolstói (1828-1910), los relatos reunidos en este volumen ilustran, pese a su disparidad, dos de las principales inquietudes del autor ruso. Inspirado en un incidente cotidiano y real, "La muerte de Iván Ilich" incide con vigor en la pavorosa y tardía toma de conciencia de una vida mal vivida. Relato de acción, "Jadzhí Murat" expone, en cambio, el conflicto entre la vida sencilla de los habitantes del Cáucaso, regida por la tradición y la costumbre, y la compleja de los rusos "civilizados", para llegar a la conclusión aparente de que el despotismo, aun cuando revista máscaras diferentes, es esencialmente igual en todas partes.

“O que é Guerra e paz?”, questiona Liev Tolstói em um texto que detalha o processo de pesquisa e de criação de sua obra-prima. “Não é um romance, muito menos uma epopeia, menos ainda uma crônica histórica.” Ao acompanhar o percurso de cinco famílias aristocráticas russas no período de 1805 a 1820, Tolstói narra a marcha das tropas napoleônicas e seu impacto brutal sobre a vida de centenas de personagens. Em meio a cenas de batalha, bailes da alta sociedade e intrigas veladas, destacam-se as figuras memoráveis dos irmãos Nikolai e Natacha Rostóv, do príncipe Andrei Bolkónski e de Pierre Bezúkhov, filho ilegítimo de um conde, cuja busca espiritual serve como espécie de fio condutor e o torna uma das mais complexas personalidades da literatura do século XIX. Ao descrever o cotidiano e os grandes acontecimentos que se sucederam à invasão de Napoleão em 1812, Tolstói retrata uma Rússia magistral, imponente e, sobretudo, profundamente humana.

Cini se da Ana Karenjina ima sve sto se pozeleti moze – lepa je, bogata, omiljena u drustvu, a njen sin je jednostavno obozava. Medjutim, Ana ipak oseca da je zivot suvise prazan, sve dok ne sretne naocitog i sarmantnog oficira, grofa Vronskog. Njihova veza postace pravi skandal u visokom drustvu i izazvace ogorcenost i zavist ljudi koji okruzuju ovo dvoje ljubavnika. Strastvenoj ljubavi i Aninom putu ka samounistenju suprotstavljena je prica Konstantina Ljevina, mladog coveka koji tezi tome da pronadje spokoj i smisao zivota – briljantan autoportret samog autora ove izuzetne, bezvremene knjige.

This is a very fine example of Leo Tolstoy's gift at telling good stories. This is an amazing short story about a merchant and how an unexpected event changes his life for the worse, but in a way, for the better…

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influential member of the aristocratic Tolstoy family. His first publications were three autobiographical novels, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852-1856). They tell of a rich landowner's son and his slow realization of the differences between him and his peasants. As a fiction writer Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). In their scope, breadth and realistic depiction of 19th-century Russian life, the two books stand at the peak of realist fiction. As a moral philosopher Tolstoy was notable for his ideas on nonviolent resistance through works such as The Kingdom of God is Within You (1894).

Război și pace este un roman scris de Lev Nikolaevici Tolstoi publicat pentru prima dată între anii 1865-1869. Concentrându-se asupra membrilor a două familii importante, Bolkonski și Rostov, Război și pace folosește istoriile lor individuale pentru a portretiza Rusia în pragul unui conflict apocaliptic cu Franța lui Napoleon Bonaparte. Evenimentele împing repede personajele centrale spre confruntarea inevitabilă. Nici un alt scriitor nu se compară cu Tolstoi în amploarea viziunii epice, ce cuprinde stările sufletești prin care trec orașe întregi, mișcările armatelor, prevestirile de rău augur ce planează asupra întregii societăți. Vol. 1 / traducere şi note de Al. Philippide, N. Parocescu, Nicolae Teică şi Nina Radici. - 477 p. Vol. 2 / traducere şi note de Al. Philippide, N. Parocescu, Nicolae Teică şi Nina Radici. - 2011. - 528 p. Vol. 3 / traducere şi note de Nicolae Teică şi Nina Radici. - 2011. - 544 p. Vol. 4 / traducere şi note de Nicolae Teică şi Nina Radici. - 2011. - 490 p.

Considerada por muitos críticos como a novela mais perfeita da literatura mundial, A Morte de Ivan Ilitch aborda um tema comum e inevitável na vida de qualquer ser humano - a morte, provocando reacções e emoções fortes e diferentes. Quando se apercebe de que a morte está perto, Ivan Ilitch começa a questionar as suas decisões e o percurso de vida.

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Anna Karénina, que Tolstói empezó a escribir en 1873 (pensando titularla Dos familias) y no vería publicada en forma de libro hasta 1878, es una exhaustiva disquisición sobre la institución familiar y, quizá ante todo, como dice Víctor Gallego (autor de esta nueva traducción), «una fábula sobre la búsqueda de la felicidad». La idea de que la felicidad no consiste en la satisfacción de los deseos preside la detallada descripción de una galería espléndida de personajes que conocen la incertidumbre y la decepción, el vértigo y el tedio, los mayores placeres y las más tristes miserias. «¡Qué artista y qué psicólogo!», exclamó Flaubert al leerla. «No vacilo en afirmar que es la mayor novela social de todos los tiempos», dijo Thomas Mann. Dostoievski, contemporáneo de Tolstói, la calificó de «obra de arte perfecta».

Each of the 6 powerful tales in this collection exhibits the rich detail, shrewd observations, and vivid narration that characterize Tolstoy's famous novels. In addition to the title story, this compilation includes "Three Deaths," "The Three Hermits," "The Devil," "Father Sergius," and "Master and Man."