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Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Wildside Press
Keywords: karenina, anna
Number of Pages: 740
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0809596814
ISBN-13: 9780809596812

Anna Karenina may be the greatest single novel ever written; it may also be just plainly and sublimely good. Regardless, there is no doubt that Anna Karenina (generally considered Tolstoy’s finest novel) is a sublime achievement. Anna, miserable in a loveless marriage, succumbs to the desire for the dashing Vronsky. That sort of thing didn’t stand one in good stead in 19th-century Russia; bad goes to worse, and the end Anna comes to is the stuff of legend. Tolstoy seamlessly captures a weaves a tapestry of Russian society -- as Matthew Arnold wrote in his celebrated essay on Tolsto

Authors:Leo, Tolstoy,
Publisher: Pomona Pre
Keywords: vol, peace, war
Number of Pages: 588
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 140679323X
ISBN-13: 9781406793239

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: volume, peace, war
Number of Pages: 632
Published: 2009-04-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0559081251
ISBN-13: 9780559081255

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Pomona Pre
Keywords: resurrection
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2008-11-04
List price: $45.45
ISBN-10: 1443733431
ISBN-13: 9781443733434

’Resurrection is one of the most beautiful poems of human compassion perhaps the most truthful ever written.. I see through its pages those bright eyes of Tolstoy’s... "the look that goes straight to the heart", and in each heart sees its God." Romain Rolland

Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Aegypa
Keywords: confession
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1598184717
ISBN-13: 9781598184716

Confession is Leo Tolstoy’s memoir of midlife spiritual crisis. In 1879, having written War and Peace and Anna Karenina, the 51 year-old Tolstoy began to believe that his life was meaningless. Confession is his account of the limited satisfactions he derived from his aesthetic and intellectual triumphs, and of his first yearnings for real faith. This book marks the turning point in his career as a writer: after 1880 he would write almost exclusively about religious life, especially devotion among the peasantry (in works such as The Death of Ivan Ilych and Resurrection). Near the end of C

Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: classics, world, oxford, karenina, anna
Number of Pages: 872
Published: 1998-06-25
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0192833812
ISBN-13: 9780192833815

Many believe Anna Karenina to be the greatest novel ever written. The impossible and destructive triangle of Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vronsky are set against the marriage of Levin and Kitty, thus illuminating the most important questions that face humanity. The second edition uses the acclaimed Louise and Alymer Maude translation, and offers a new introduction and notes which provide completely up-to-date perspectives on Tolstoy’s classic work.

Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: volume, peace, war
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2009-04-30
List price: $38.99
ISBN-10: 0559080646
ISBN-13: 9780559080647
  
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