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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,...

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...

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...

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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....

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...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThree masterworks of Russian literature bound in a single volume, this Penguin Classics collection presents some of Leo...

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: 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...

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: 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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In 1920, Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press published Maxim Gorky's Reminiscences of Tolstoy and it was recognized almost immediately as one of the few masterpieces of modern biography. 'It...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

Author: Anne EdwardsBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markCondition remarks: Gifter's inscription on fep. Clean text. This compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew family sagas span the full sweep of a nation's soul, but The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History 1353–1983 achieves precisely...

Author: Nikolai TolstoyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine, previous owner name inside, light soiling on...

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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...

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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...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingOne of literature's most shattering portraits of human desire and moral consequence, Anna Karenina chronicles the life...

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