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Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky.

War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the book as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.

Sensual, rebellious Anna falls deeply and passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husband - and Russian high society - would condone, she is doomed. Set against the tragic love of Anna and Vronsky, the plight of the melancholy nobleman Konstantine Levin unfolds. In doubt about the meaning of life - a mirror of Tolstoy’s own spiritual crisis - Konstantine is haunted by thoughts of suicide.

Filled with unforgettable characters, rich in history and social realism, Anna Karenina is a masterpiece of world literature, a story that fires the imagination and touches the heart.

War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the book as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.

Paterson Joseph, John Hurt, Lesley Manville and Harriet Walter are among the cast of BBC Radio 4's epic full-cast dramatisation. Adapted for radio by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Leo Tolstoy's epic story follows the fortunes of three Russian aristocratic families during the Napoleonic War. First broadcast on New Year's Day 2015, the drama also features Alun Armstrong, Natasha Little, David Calder, Phoebe Fox, Sam Reid and Joanna David. Duration: 10 hours approx.

Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an ‘awkward mixture of fact and fiction’, generations of readers and listeners have not agreed, finding the series to be a charming and insightful portrait of inner growth against the background of a world limned with extraordinary clarity, grace and color.

War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the story as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.

Dmitry Andreich Olenin, in the hope of escaping the hollowness of his privilege, joins the army and heads to the Caucasus. There among the foothills he will meet the Cossacks: a people he considers to be at one with the land. In their company he will hunt, he will drink, he will fall in love and, slowly, he will begin to understand that between people, between cultures, there is often a space that cannot be traversed.

The Cossacks is a short novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1863. It tells the story of the nobleman Dmitry Olenin who joins the army in the hope of escaping the boredom and superficiality of daily life. He longs to find fulfilment among the people of the Caucasus. While spending life as a Cossack, he learns lessons about the nature of reality, moral philosophy, the complexities of psychology, and his own inner life.

Anna Karenina has been described as the perfect Russian novel. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Anna Karenina is defenseless against the power of her passions once they are unleashed by the adoration of Count Vronsky. Having defied the rules of 19th century Russian society, Anna is forced to pay a heavy price. Human nature, with all its failings, is the fabric of which this great and passionate work is composed.

Boyhood is the second book in the Childhood, Boyhood, Youth trilogy. Childhood was the first published novel by Leo Tolstoy, released in November 1852. It was the first in a series of three novels and was followed by Boyhood and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was just 23 years old, the book was an immediate success, earning notice from other Russian novelists including Ivan Turgenev, who heralded the young Tolstoy as a major up-and-coming figure in Russian literature. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Con la invasión napoleónica en Rusia entre los años 1805 y 1813 como trasfondo, la novela sigue la historia épica de cinco familias rusas de alta alcurnia. Es una obra extraordinaria que incluye personajes históricos y de ficción, alternando en su magnífica trama historias familiares con las vicisitudes del ejército napoleónico.

Ein in die Jahre gekommener Wallach erzählt den anderen Pferden seines Gehöfts die Geschichte seines beeindruckenden Lebens. Außenseiter haben es nicht leicht, das musste der als Schecke geborene Gaul bereits unmittelbar nach seiner Geburt erfahren. Obwohl von edlem Geschlecht, wird er aufgrund seiner unregelmäßigen weißen Farbflecke weder für den Reitsport geschweige denn für die Zucht eingesetzt, sodass er als Arbeitstier und Droschken-Antrieb sein Dasein fristen muss. Als er eines Tages mehr zum Spaß gegen ein Rennpferd laufen soll, überholt der Schecke zur Überraschung aller dieses.

Contiene: La muerte de Iván Ilich, El diablo, Felicidad conyugal, El cafe de surat, De lo que vive el hombre.

Ivan Ilitch é um funcionário público do sistema judiciário russo. Casado com uma mulher exigente, buca ser um magistrado. O trabalho é o refúgio para evitar sua família. Depois de um acidente, ele acredita ter contraído uma doença, mas não há um diagnóstico satisfatório. O tempo passa e o ferimento agrava-se, ele então se vê restrito ao ambiente familiar. Ivan Ilitch quer morrer para dar fim à sua dor e à sua vida de mentiras. Inicia-se assim um processo de busca pelo sentido da vida, durante o qual Ivan percebe terem sido poucos os momentos da sua existência que tiveram significado.

Questo racconto, scritto nel periodo 1896-1904, e pubblicato postumo, racconta vicende in parte autobiografiche ed è ambientato nella guerra del Caucaso del 1852. Sklovskij scrisse che "Hadži-Murat è il racconto sui contadini che Tolstoj per tutta la vita desiderò scrivere"... E' stato anche ritenuto un capolavoro sconosciuto, un racconto polifonico niente affatto inferiore ai grandi romanzi da lui scritti, e la descrizione di una società cecena è quanto mai attuale e interessante.

Questo racconto lungo fu scritto da Tolstoj con lo slancio conoscitivo ed emozionale causato dall’assedio di Sebastoli del 1853, da lui vissuto in prima persona. Il tema della guerra venne poi da lui ripreso nel suo grande romanzo Guerra e Pace ed è, come si sa, affrontato da un punto di vista morale e religioso, senza però illusioni: la guerra, in qualche modo, piace agli uomini, sia per motivi intrinseci, legati alla loro natura, sia perché stimola la loro vanità , malattia scoppiata epidemicamente, come dice l’autore, ne XIX secolo.

"Che cosa è Guerra e Pace? Non è romanzo, non poema, tanto meno cronaca storica. E’ semplicemente ciò che l’autore intese dire in quella precisa forma in cui l’ha detto.” Ecco le parle che dice Tolstoj nel poscritto alla fine dell’opera, non avendo avuto , a detta sua, “né il tempo né la capacità” di scrivere una prefazione per dichiarare lo scopo prefissosi. Lasciando quindi al lettore/ascoltatore il gradito onere di farsi da sé una sua opinione, si può dire soltanto che questo romanzo occupò cinque anni di lavoro continuo dell’autore....

I due ussari fu scritta nel 1856. Il titolo originale era "Padre e figlio" ma fu poi cambiato. Il racconto si svolge in fatti in due periodi diversi, a venti anni di distanza, in cui i due protagonisti sono padre e figlio, e con loro due generazioni a confronto; parallelamente a due personaggi femminili a confronto. Calvino osservava che i due Turbin (il più anziano probabilmente si ispirava ad un parente dell'autore) appartenevano rispettivamente alla generazione che aveva sconfitto Napoleone ai primi dell'Ottocento e a quella che nel 1848 aveva represso le rivoluzioni in Polonia e Ungheria.