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Resurrection By Leo Tolstoy (Paperback, 2009)
Leo Tolstoy's last completed novel Resurrection is an intimate psychological tale of guilt anger and forgiveness translated from the Russian with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs in Penguin ClassicsServing on the jury at a murder trial Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov is devastated when he sees the prisoner - Katyusha a young maid he seduced and abandoned years before As Dmitri faces the consequences of his actions he decides to give up his life of wealth and luxury to devote himself to rescuing Katyusha even if it means following her into exile in Siberia But can a man truly find redemption by saving another person? Tolstoy's most controversial novel Resurrection (1899) is a scathing indictment of injustice corruption and hypocrisy at all levels of society Creating a vast panorama of
Russian life from peasants to aristocrats bureaucrats to convicts it reveals Tolstoy's magnificent storytelling powersAnthony Briggs' superb new translation preserves Tolstoy's gripping realism and satirical humour In his introduction Briggs discusses the true story behind Resurrection Tolstoy's political and religious reasons for writing the novel his gift for characterization and the compelling psychological portrait of Dmitri This edition also includes a chronology notes and a summary of chaptersLeo Tolstoy (1828-1910) spent his youth in wasteful idleness until 1851 when he travelled to the Caucasus and joined the army with his older brother fighting in the Crimean war After marrying in 1862 Tolstoy settled down managing his estates and writing two of his best-known novels War and Peace
(1869) and Anna Karenina (1878) A Confession (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life and in 1901 he was excommunicated by the Russian Holy Synod He died in 1910 in the course of a dramatic flight from home at the small railway station of AstapovoIf you enjoyed Resurrection you might like Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov also available in Penguin Classics
Russian life from peasants to aristocrats bureaucrats to convicts it reveals Tolstoy's magnificent storytelling powersAnthony Briggs' superb new translation preserves Tolstoy's gripping realism and satirical humour In his introduction Briggs discusses the true story behind Resurrection Tolstoy's political and religious reasons for writing the novel his gift for characterization and the compelling psychological portrait of Dmitri This edition also includes a chronology notes and a summary of chaptersLeo Tolstoy (1828-1910) spent his youth in wasteful idleness until 1851 when he travelled to the Caucasus and joined the army with his older brother fighting in the Crimean war After marrying in 1862 Tolstoy settled down managing his estates and writing two of his best-known novels War and Peace
(1869) and Anna Karenina (1878) A Confession (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life and in 1901 he was excommunicated by the Russian Holy Synod He died in 1910 in the course of a dramatic flight from home at the small railway station of AstapovoIf you enjoyed Resurrection you might like Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov also available in Penguin Classics
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