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(0)Leo Tolstoy
Author
Series
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
It?s been called the greatest novel ever written. Now, Tolstoy?s timeless saga of love and betrayal is transported to an awesomer version of 19th-century Russia. It is a world humming with high-powered groznium engines: where debutantes dance the 3D waltz in midair, mechanical wolves charge into battle alongside brave young soldiers, and robots-miraculous, beloved robots!-are the faithful companions of everyone who?s anyone. Restless to forge her...
9) Resurrection
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A psychological tale of guilt, anger, and forgiveness, 'Resurrection' provides a panoramic view of Russian social life at the end of the 19th century and expresses the author's contempt for the social injustices of the world in which he lived.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 13
Publisher
Everyman
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the author's own early experience, which ranks with Turgenev's "Huntsman's Sketches" as a masterpiece of 19th-century Russian pastoral life.
12) War and peace
Author
Language
English
Description
Napoleon's invasion of Russia forms the backdrop for Tolstoy's literary masterpiece. Often considered the greatest novel in any language, 'War and Peace' is also a philosophical meditation on the tension between free will and fate.