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  • Leo Tolstoy: His Life and Work

    Enriched edition. Exploring Tolstoy's Literary Legacy and Philosophical Insights

    by Paul Birukoff, Alicia Stevens ...
    In "Leo Tolstoy: His Life and Work," Paul Birukoff presents a meticulous examination of one of literature's most enigmatic figures. The book seamlessly integrates biographical narrative with critical analysis, providing an in-depth exploration of Tolstoy's philosophical evolution and literary contributions, particularly during his formative years as a writer. Birukoff utilizes a rich literary ... Read more

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  • The Death Of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories: The Death Of Ivan Ilych, Family Happiness, The Kreutzer Sonata, Master And Man (Mobi Classics)

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories: Family Happiness; The Kreutzer Sonata; Master and Man Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, William S. Gottsberger, Benjamin R. Tucker The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Smert' Ivana Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy. It is one of Tolstoy's most celebrated pieces of late fiction. This work stems in part from Tolstoy's anguished ... Read more

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  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    "The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories that includes "The Invaders" (or "The Raid"),"The Wood-Cutting Expedition," "Three Deaths," "Polikushka," "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," "After the Ball," and "The Forged Coupon." The most famous and superbly written of these is "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," which Tolstoy wrote later in his life. It tells a tale revolving ... Read more

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  • Masterpieces of Russian Literature

    Short Stories of Conscience, Satire, Social Upheaval, and the Russian Literary Imagination

    by Anton Chekhov, A.S. Pushkin, N.V. Gogol, I.S. Turgenev, F.M. Dostoyevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, M.Y. Saltykov, V.G. Korolenko, V.N. Garshin, F.K. Sologub, I.N. Potapenko, S.T. Semyonov, Maxim Gorky, L.N. Andreyev, M.P. Artzybashev, A.I. Kuprin, William Lyon Phelps ...
    Translated by Thomas Seltzer ...
    Masterpieces of Russian Literature surveys the formidable evolution of Russian prose from the Romantic and realist nineteenth century to the social, psychological, and symbolist tensions of the early twentieth. Bringing together tales, sketches, and novelistic excerpts, it ranges from ironic satire and Gothic grotesque to peasant realism, moral parable, urban naturalism, and interior psychological ... Read more

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  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    One of the world’s most famous writers, Leo Tolstoy, is probably best known for his epic romantic works “Anna Karenina” and “War and Peace”. In addition to being the author of some of the greatest novels ever written, Tolstoy was also a prolific short-story writer. One of the finest examples of Tolstoy’s shorter narratives is “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”, which Tolstoy wrote later in his life. “The ... Read more

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  • The Death of Ivan Ilych

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    Translated by Hugh Aplin ...
    The judge Ivan Ilyich Golovin has spent his life in the pursuit of wealth and status, devoting himself obsessively to work and often neglecting his family in the process. When, after a small accident, he fails to make the expected recovery, it gradually becomes clear that he is soon to die. Ivan Ilyich then starts to question the futility and barrenness of his previous existence, realizing to his ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy

    by Sophie andreevna Tolstoy ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings

    by Alexander Pushkin ...
    Translated by Ronald Wilks ...
    Alexander Pushkin was Russia's first true literary genius. Best known for his poetry, he also wrote sparkling prose that revealed his national culture with elegance and understated humour. Here, his gift for portraying the Russian people is fully revealed. The Tales of Belkin, his first prose masterpiece, presents a series of interlinked stories narrated by a good-hearted Russian squire - among ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • My Life

    by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya ...
    Translated by John Woodsworth, Arkadi Klioutchanski ...
    The Modern Language Association (MLA) awarded the Lois Roth Award to John Woodsworth and Arkadi Klioutchanski of the University of Ottawa’s Slavic Research Group for their translation of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya’s My Life memoirs.My Life was selected among the top 100 non-fiction works of 2010 by The Globe and Mail.It has also won an honourable mention in the Biography and Autobiography category ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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  • Tolstoy's Diaries Volume 1: 1847-1894

    by Reginald F Christian, Leo Tolstoy ...
    Series Book 1 - Leo Tolstoy, Diaries and Letters
    'An important and long-overdue contribution to our knowledge of Tolstoy.' D. M. Thomas, Sunday TimesVolume 1 of Tolstoy's Diaries covers the years 1847-1894 and was meticulously edited by R.F. Christian so as to reflect Tolstoy's preoccupations as a writer (his views on his own work and that of others), his development as a person and as a thinker, and his attitudes to contemporary social problems ... Read more

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  • Sixteen years in Siberia

    Some experiences of a Russian revolutionist

    by Leo Deutsch ...
    The author of the following narrative is a leader in the Russian revolutionary movement. The German transliteration of his name is given here as being the form he himself uses in Western Europe; but he is called "Deuc" in the English version of Stepniak's Underground Russia, which was translated from the Italian, retaining the Italian transliteration of names. A more exact rendering of the Russian ... Read more

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  • Chekhov Becomes Chekhov

    The Emergence of a Literary Genius

    by Bob Blaisdell ...
    A revelatory portrait of Chekhov during the most extraordinary artistic surge of his life.In 1886, a twenty-six-year-old Anton Chekhov was publishing short stories, humor pieces, and articles at an astonishing rate, and was still a practicing physician. Yet as he honed his craft and continued to draw inspiration from the vivid characters in his own life, he found himself—to his surprise and ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD