The Cossacks and Other Stories

Title: The Cossacks and Other Stories
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Fiction: 1693381
ISBN: 9780140449594
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition Thus
Section: Fiction | Literary
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: A collection of powerful semi-autobiographical stories based on Tolstoy's time in the Russian army, part of Penguin's series of fresh new translations

In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army. The four years he spent as a soldier were among the most significant in his life and inspired the tales collected here. In "The Cossacks," Tolstoy tells the story of Olenin, a cultured Russian whose experiences among the Cossack warriors of Central Asia leave him searching for a more authentic life. "The Sevastopol Sketches" bring into stark relief the realities of military life during the Crimean War. And "Hadji Murat" paints a portrait of a great leader torn apart by divided loyalties. In writing about individuals and societies in conflict, Tolstoy has penned some of the most brilliant stories about the nature of war.

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