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Sholokhov's story of the years in which the Russia of today was created...Here are the peasants of the Don steppes, barbarous, compassionate, unpredictable, portrayed with astounding vitality and eloquence.

Translated and with an introduction by Rosemary Edmonds. A prostitute stands accused of murder. Prince Nckhudov serves on the jury at her trial. He recognized her as the innocent young girl he once loved, seduced and abandoned. The setting of Resurrection is the underworld, and Tolstoy turns a highly critical eye on the law, the penal system and the Church.… Read more

Translated and with an introduction by Rosemary Edmonds. As Edmonds remarks, in her introduction, it is not difficult to discern in them the man and the writer Tolstoy was to become. We see, in embryo, the moralist, the aristocrate in sympathy with the people, the meticulous observer of men and of mature.

Three works by Tolstoy: The Cossacks, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Happy Ever After. Translated with an introduction by Rosemary Edmonds.

Sound clean vintage copy.