Sevastopol Sketches

by Leo Tolstoy, Isabel Florence Hapgood (Translator)

Overview

An officer in the 14th artillery brigade, Tolstoy participated in many actions of the ill-fated Battle of Sevastopol (1854-55), with its appalling waste of men and means, and its tragic conclusion that laid bare the weakness of the Russian monarchy. Out of this experience arise the three Sevastopol Sketches, very different in structure and materials, but absolutely unified in tone and problematic: the harsh, lucid, firm denunciation of the absurdity of war. The real heroine of the three episodes is truth: a truth that is unpleasant, harsh, sometimes repugnant, but which Tolstoy does not want to give up, even at the cost of indisposing his readers. Who, instead, greeted the stories with lively emotion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798331423292
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	07/03/2024
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.29(d)

About the Author

Celebrated and loved Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy is widely recognized as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina; in their scope, breadth and realistic depiction of Russian life, the two books stand at the peak of fiction.

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