Katia

by Leo Tolstoy, Blanc de la Nautte (Translator)

Overview

Coincée à la campagne durant un long hiver russe, seules les visites de Serge, un ami de son père, parviennent à tirer Katia de son ennui. Malgré la différence d'âge, des tendres sentiments naissent entre eux et ils se marient. Au fil du temps, on découvre que les amoureux ont des caractères très divergents : Serge est plutôt calme et sédentaire, tandis que Katia aime fréquenter les bals et l’agitation de la capitale. Est-ce que ces différences vont nuire à ce mariage ? Léon Tolstoï (1828-1910) est un écrivain russe dont le talent a été rapidement reconnu. Il s'est fait connaître par ses romans et nouvelles qui dépeignent la vie du peuple russe à l'époque des tsars. Avec ses écrits, il parvient à mettre en lumière les grands enjeux de la civilisation. Ses œuvres incontournables ont été adaptée des innombrables fois, notamment dans le film « Anna Karenina » (2012) avec Keira Knightley et Jude Law, et la série « Guerre et Paix » (2016) avec Lily James.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788726582765
Publisher:	Saga Egmont French
Publication date:	02/12/2021
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	97
File size:	293 KB
Language:	French

About the Author

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 - 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received multiple nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906, and nominations for Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902 and 1910, and the fact that he never won is a major Nobel prize controversy.

Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852-1856), and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Family Happiness (1859), and Hadji Murad (1912). He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays.

In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession (1882). His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), had a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Tolstoy also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George, which he incorporated into his writing, particularly Resurrection (1899).

Date of Birth:

September 9, 1828

Date of Death:

November 20, 1910

Place of Birth:

Tula Province, Russia

Place of Death:

Astapovo, Russia

Education:

Privately educated by French and German tutors; attended the University of Kazan, 1844-47