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The acclaimed new translation of Tolstoy's masterpiece, for the first time in Black Classics after the successful hardback and Red Classics editions - 10,000+ hbks and by time of BC...

Author: Leo Tolstoy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 896 War looms in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, and when Napoleon invades Russia in 1812 it forever changes those whose lives...

This volume includes Family Happiness; The Kreutzer Sonata; The Devil and Father Sergius. The four stories are all about love, but they take very different attitudes towards it. Tolstoy knows...

Contains ten stories- The Two Hussars; Strider; A Prisoner in the Caucasus; God Sees the Truth But Waits; What Men Live By; Neglect a Spark; Two Old Men; How Much...

Part of the Penguin Classics' fresh new editions of Tolstoy's major works - including Antony Briggs' stunning new translation of War and Peace In 1851, at the age of twenty-two,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear.Page Condition: Yellowed with foxing. Markings: No visible markings noted. Binding condition: Appears intact but aged. A landmark work of literary biography, Leo...

A superb new translation by Judson Rosengrant of Tolstoy's semi-autobiographical trilogy Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age...

This indispensable translation is as close to the original as it is possible to get while at the same time being a clear and fluid translation 'If you've never read...

'The greatest love story I've ever read' Andrew Davies 'The greatest love story I've ever read' Andrew Davies Anna Karenina is a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against...

A stunning clothbound edition of Tolstoy's great novel, soon to be a major BBC drama At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedAt the heart of one of literature's most towering achievements stands a Russia torn apart by the Napoleonic Wars — and the...

The Vintage Classics Russians Series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history 'If you've never read it,...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'I'm not the sort of husband you dream of when you're walking alone along the avenue in the evening, am I?...

Crimea, 1854: residents in the besieged city of Sevastopol look out over a harbour punctured by the masts of scuttled ships, and taunt the French forces that keep them trapped...

Tolstoy's controversial treatise on the purpose of Art During his decades of world fame as a novelist, Tolstoy also wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues...

Author: Leo Tolstoy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 800 Leo Tolstoy's most personal novel, Anna Karenina scrutinizes fundamental ethical and theological questions through the tragic story of its eponymous heroine....

The Vintage Classics Russians Series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history 'One of the greatest love...

Tolstoy's most controversial novel is the dramatic tale of a remorseful nobleman who seeks redemption after a woman he once wronged is convicted of murder - only to discover a...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of one of literature's greatest achievements lies an epic canvas of love, war, and fate...

The searingly honest, spiritual autobiography of Rossia's greatest novelist, written during a period of emotional crisis Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession (1879) is...

A new translation by Tony Briggs of Tolstoy's last major novel Resurrection (1899) tells the story of a nobleman's attempt to redeem the suffering his youthful philandering inflicted on a...

This collection of Tolstoy's stories includes "Sevastopol," "Two Hussars," "Albert," "What Men Live By," "Master and Man," "How Much Land Does a Man Need?," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," "The...

Author: Valentin BulgakovBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Clear cover over DJ. Discolouration to back of DJ. Denting to spine of...

Author: Leo TolstoyFormat: Hardback, 159mm x 241mm, 808 pagesPublished: Union Square & Co., United States, 2012First published in 1878, Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is the tragic story of aristocrat Anna...

This indispensable translation is as close to the original as it is possible to get while at the same time being a clear and fluid rendering of the Russian. 'If...

A provocative dual biography of Leo and Sonya Tolstoy offers an illuminating anecdotal study of a long and stormy marriage between two remarkable individuals and the impact of their complex...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. The book is open showing the title page; the dust jacket shows some...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slipcase: GoodWar And Peace chronicles the lives of aristocratic Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars, presenting a panoramic...

Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Faded spine, minor tear to edge. Page Condition: Very good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Firm, no loose pages. No stickers or...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Firm, hardcover in good condition. No stickers or labels visible. A deeply personal memoir written...

1910. Anna Karenina and War and Peace have made Leo Tolstoy the world's most famous author. But fame comes at a price. In the tumultuous final year of his life,...

Tolstoy's epic novel of love, destiny and self-destruction, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she...

In this biography of Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, A.N. Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer's life: his childhood of aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation, his discovery of his...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMaxim Gorky — the pen name of Alexei Maximovich Peshkov — was not merely a witness to Russian...

Author: Henri TroyatBinding: HardbackPublished: W. H. ALLEN, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsHenri Troyat's Tolstoy chronicles the tumultuous life of one of Russia's most celebrated literary giants. This...

Author: Victor Shklovsky; Olga Shartse (trans.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Progress Publishers, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsVictor Shklovsky's Lev Tolstoy presents a compelling and unconventional examination of the iconic Russian...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket visible. Page Condition: Yellowed/aged pages, consistent with an older academic publication. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact and firm. No stickers...

Set against the backdrop of Russia's turbulent history at the turn of the 20th century, The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy offers a fascinating look at a remarkable era, a complicated...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Very good, no tears, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight and secure. Behind one of literature's most celebrated marriages lay...

Lev Tostoy is commonly identified with his character Levin in "Anna Karenina", but the discovery that the author repeats himself in other male characters and pre-eminently in his heroine Anna,...

Author: Anne EdwardsBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markAnne Edwards's Sonya: The Life Of Countess Tolstoy chronicles the tumultuous and often heartbreaking...