"Heavens! what a virulent attack!" replied the prince, not in the least disconcerted by this reception. He had just entered, wearing an embroidered court uniform, knee breeches, and shoes, and had stars on his breast and a serene expression on his flat face. He spoke in that refined French in which our grandfathers not only spoke but thought, and with the gentle, patronizing intonation natural to a man of importance who had grown old in society and at court. He went up to Anna Pávlovna, kissed her hand, presenting to her his bald, scented, and shining head, and complacently seated himself on the sofa.
"War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy chronicles the history of the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families. Tolstoy's novel spans the period 1805 to 1820. It was first published in 1869. «War and Peace» is a central work of world literature.
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him. This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their family and household, were painfully conscious of it. Every person in the house felt that there was no sense in their living together, and that the stray people brought together by chance in any inn had more in common with one another than they, the members of the family and household of the Oblonskys."
War and Peace is regarded as one of the central works of world literature. The novel charts the history of the French invasion of Russia, the period in the beginning of the 19th century that leads to the invasion, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society. The story is told through the relationships and histories of five Russian aristocratic families.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy All Books have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Anna Karenina is the story of an unhappy marriage, a doomed affair, and has been called the greatest novel ever written.
Here you will find the complete novels and novellas of Leo Tolstoy in the chronological order of their original publication. – Childhood – Boyhood – Youth – Family Happiness – The Cossacks – War and Peace – Anna Karenina – The Death of Ivan Ilyich – The Kreutzer Sonata – Resurrection – The Forged Coupon – Hadji Murad
Here you will find the complete novels and novellas of Leo Tolstoy in the chronological order of their original publication. – Childhood – Boyhood – Youth – Family Happiness – The Cossacks – War and Peace – Anna Karenina – The Death of Ivan Ilyich – The Kreutzer Sonata – Resurrection – The Forged Coupon – Hadji Murad
E-artnow presents to you the complete novels by one of the greatest novelist of Russian literature. This collection includes: Anna Karenina War and Peace Resurrection The Death of Ivan Ilyich Childhood Boyhood Youth The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852 Family Happiness The Kreutzer Sonata The Forged Coupon Hadji Murad The Dekabrists A Morning of a Landed Propietor Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy or Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) which are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays.
Here you will find the complete novels and novellas of Leo Tolstoy in the chronological order of their original publication. – Childhood – Boyhood – Youth – Family Happiness – The Cossacks – War and Peace – Anna Karenina – The Death of Ivan Ilyich – The Kreutzer Sonata – Resurrection – The Forged Coupon – Hadji Murad