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The Sevastopol Sketches: Unabridged Edition
In the winter of 1854 Tolstoy, then an officer in the Russian army, arranged to be transferred to the besieged town of Sevastopol. Wishing to see at first hand the action of what would become known as the Crimean War, he was spurred on by a fierce patriotism, but also by an equally fierce desire to alert the authorities to appalling conditions in the army. The three Sevastopol Sketches - 'December', 'May' and 'August' - re-create what happened during different phases of the siege and its effect on the ordinary men around him. Writing with the truth as his utmost aim, he brought home to Russia's entire literate public the atrocities of war. In doing so, he realized his own vocation as a writer and established his literary reputation.
Unabridged edition with an interactive table of contents.
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The Sevastopol Sketches: Unabridged Edition
In the winter of 1854 Tolstoy, then an officer in the Russian army, arranged to be transferred to the besieged town of Sevastopol. Wishing to see at first hand the action of what would become known as the Crimean War, he was spurred on by a fierce patriotism, but also by an equally fierce desire to alert the authorities to appalling conditions in the army. The three Sevastopol Sketches - 'December', 'May' and 'August' - re-create what happened during different phases of the siege and its effect on the ordinary men around him. Writing with the truth as his utmost aim, he brought home to Russia's entire literate public the atrocities of war. In doing so, he realized his own vocation as a writer and established his literary reputation.
Unabridged edition with an interactive table of contents.
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The Sevastopol Sketches: Unabridged Edition

The Sevastopol Sketches: Unabridged Edition

by Leo Tolstoy
The Sevastopol Sketches: Unabridged Edition
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The Sevastopol Sketches: Unabridged Edition

The Sevastopol Sketches: Unabridged Edition

by Leo Tolstoy

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In the winter of 1854 Tolstoy, then an officer in the Russian army, arranged to be transferred to the besieged town of Sevastopol. Wishing to see at first hand the action of what would become known as the Crimean War, he was spurred on by a fierce patriotism, but also by an equally fierce desire to alert the authorities to appalling conditions in the army. The three Sevastopol Sketches - 'December', 'May' and 'August' - re-create what happened during different phases of the siege and its effect on the ordinary men around him. Writing with the truth as his utmost aim, he brought home to Russia's entire literate public the atrocities of war. In doing so, he realized his own vocation as a writer and established his literary reputation.
Unabridged edition with an interactive table of contents.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788834135679
Publisher: Synapse Publishing
Publication date: 06/10/2019
Sold by: StreetLib SRL
Format: eBook
File size: 522 KB

About the Author

About The Author

Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, one of the greatest novelists of all time, was born in 1828 into a prominent aristocratic family. After abandoning university, he spent a dissolute youth between Moscow and St Petersburg before joining the army, serving in the Caucasus and during the Crimean War. His wartime experiences engendered philosophies of radical pacifism, ascetic morality and Christian anarchism that have influenced countless generations. Following a journey around Europe in the early 1860s, Tolstoy married Sophie Andreyevna Behrs in 1862 and they returned to the place of his birth in the Volga, where he would spend the next 15 years writing War and Peace, Anna Karenin and A Confession. Tolstoy died of pneumonia in 1910, at the age of 82."He is never dull, never stupid, never tired, never pedantic, never theatrical!". James Joyce"When literature possesses a Tolstoy, it is easy and pleasant to be a writer… What he does serves to justify all the hopes and aspirations invested in literature." Anton Chekhov"… the greatest novelist who ever lived." Philip Hensher"… the towering genius of the novel… ' Howard Jacobson

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
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