Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj

When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy’s then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of …

Rat i mir epski je roman Lava Nikolajeviča Tolstoja objavljen između 1865. i 1869. Prikazuje rusko društvo tijekom Napoleonovog razdoblja. Smatra se jednim od dva Tolstojeva remek-djela uz Anu Karenjinu te je jedan od najvećih romana u povijesti književnosti. Roman se bavi životom nekoliko aristokratskih ruskih …

Serving on a jury at the trial of a prostitute arrested for murder, Prince Nekhlyudov is horrified to discover that the accused is a woman he had once loved, seduced and then abandoned when she was a young servant girl. Racked with guilt at realizing he was the cause of her ruin, he determines to appeal for her …

Leo Tolstoy combined detailed physical description with perceptive psychological insight to sweep aside the sham of surface appearances and lay bare man's intimate gestures, acts, and thoughts. Murder and sacrifice...greed and devotion...lust and affection...vanity and love -- one by one, in this volume of great …

Rat i mir epski je roman Lava Nikolajeviča Tolstoja objavljen između 1865. i 1869. Prikazuje rusko društvo tijekom Napoleonovog razdoblja. Smatra se jednim od dva Tolstojeva remek-djela uz Anu Karenjinu te je jedan od najvećih romana u povijesti književnosti. Roman se bavi životom nekoliko aristokratskih ruskih …

Ana Karenjina je roman ruskog pisca Lava Nikolajeviča Tolstoja, koji je prvobitno objavljivan u dijelovima od 1873. do 1877. godine. Prva pojava romana je bila u „Ruskom glasniku“, ali nije objavljen do kraja, pošto je Tolstoj došao u sukob s urednikom Mihailom Katkovim oko pitanja koja su pokrenuta u završnom dijelu. …