
Resurrection
by Leo Tolstoy
Title:
Resurrection
Author:
Leo Tolstoy
Series (if any):
Everyman's Library CLASSICS
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
536 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781841594330
EAN:
9781841594330
Classifications:
Classic and Biographical
Weight (g):
712
Dimensions (mm):
135 x 211 x 31
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
A nobleman faces the consequences of his youthful wrongdoing when the girl he seduced and abandoned some years earlier is put on trial in a murder case. Initially conceived as a love story, Tolstoy's last novel, published in 1899, is a dark masterpiece in which the whole of Imperial Russian society is tried and found wanting. Resurrection moves from the salons and country estates of the aristocracy to courtrooms and government offices, brothels and prisons; from Moscow and St Petersburg by road, rail and route march to the penal settlements of Siberia. Its pages are peopled with convicts and gaolers, revolutionaries and religious sectaries, soldiers, labourers and lawyers, peasants, priests and prostitutes. While for Prince Nekhlyudov and Katusha Maslova salvation through love proves problematic, the journey into exile becomes one of self-discovery and spiritual transformation.





























