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Tolstois Erzählung aus der Zeit des russisch-tschetschenischen Krieges in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts schildert den Freiheitskampf der kaukasischen Völker gegen den sich ausbreitenden russischen Zarismus. Murat Hadschi wird dabei zum tragischen Helden in einer Welt von rücksichtslosen Offizieren, leibeigenen Bauern sowie in Blutfehde lebenden Kaukasusvölkern. Kunstvoll und modern wechselt Tolstoi dabei zwischen den Perspektiven der Protagonisten.

This audiobook contains three works by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). The most well-known of these, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, tells the story of the premature death of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia. It explores themes of life, death and suffering, as well as self-interest versus compassion.

Boyhood (1854) is the second novel in Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, which includes Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth. In this work, he combines events from his own childhood with themes that address the moral and social problems of the time.

A collection of short stories from one of the most famous writers of very long novels, Leo Tolstoy, including: 'Ilyas', 'Little Girls Wiser Than Men' and 'The Coffee-House of Surat'.

'For man to be able to live, he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.' Read in English, unabridged.

This is the third 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.

This audiobook contains the story "Snowstorm", by the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). One of Tolstoy's most well-received works of realism, this prose-poem-like short story looks at the behaviors of people in extreme situations and their belief in their abilities to survive.

Der neureiche Kaufmann Wasilij Andrejitsch verirrt sich auf einer Geschäftsreise mit seinem Knecht Nikita in einem Schneesturm. Schließlich stecken Herr und Knecht mit dem Wagen im Schnee fest und die Nacht bricht herein. Es beginnt ein Kampf gegen die Elemente auf Leben und Tod.

Krieg und Frieden - Drittes Buch. 1812. Es ist Krieg: Napoleons Armee wütet nun auch in Russland. Fürst Andrej könnte im Umfeld des Zaren dienen, doch er bittet um ein Frontkommando. In der Schlacht bei Borodino wird er schwer verletzt und versöhnt sich auf dem Krankenlager mit Natascha. Pierre fällt in Moskau den Franzosen in die Hände.

This novel is believed to be partially based on Tolstoy's own experiences. It is the story of a Russian soldier, Dmitri, and his time spent in the Caucasus. He befriends an old Cossack and meets a Cossack girl, Maryanka, and falls in love. As the story progresses, he learns more about himself and comes to realize how wrong and immoral his former life in Russian High Society was.

Hadji Murad, Tolstoy's final novel, tells the story of a real-life Caucasian Avar general who served under Imam Shamil, the leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucuses and, for a time, Russia's greatest enemy. Hadji Murad plans to defect to the Russians and then lead a Russian-backed army to defeat Shamil.

This book contains the stories of "Korney Vasiliev", "Invasion", and "Power of Childhood", all by the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910).

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.

In A Landlord's Morning (l856) Tolstoy incorporated events from his personal life. Nineteen-year-old Nekhlyudov writes to his aunt that he has abandoned his university studies to devote himself entirely to the affairs of his estate - and especially to the welfare of the impoverished peasants living there.

This short but powerful novel was acclaimed by Vladimir Nabokov and Mahatma Gandhi as the greatest in the whole of Russian literature. It is one of Tolstoy's most celebrated pieces of late fiction. At the center of the story is an examination of the nature of both life and death and how man can come to terms with death's inevitability. It was widely acclaimed when it was published in 1886 and remains a compelling narrative today.

Along with historical narrative, hear rare recordings of some of the most iconic people in history, including Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Edward Gladston, Guiglielmo Marconi, Willaim McKinley, Leo Tolstoy, William Booth, Pope Leo XIII, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Dr. Frederick Cook, and William E. Peary.

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise, he is brought face-to-face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth? Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

This book contains parables for adults and children, often in the form of Christian allegories, by the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). "Tolstoy's parables are the most artistically beautiful and powerful in their impact since the original ones in the New Testament." (Malcolm Muggeridge)

Regarded by many as the world's greatest novel, this is the classic story of Anna Karenina, "grande dame of Petersburg society", who forsakes everything ¿ her marriage, her son, and her position in society ¿ for the dashing Count Vronsky, with tragic consequences.

No one plumbs deeper depths of the psyche than French and Russian authors. This second wide-ranging collection of 19th-century literary masterworks, presented in their entirety, not only entertains, but provides insight into 19th-century mores and the mysteries of human nature.

Prince Dmitry Ivanovich Nekhludoff, performing his public duty as a jurist on the district court, recognizes a defendant, a prostitute accused of murder and robbery, as Katyusha Maslova, who many years ago was a maid, and a pupil of his aunt's. It was Katyusha, with whom he was not even in love, that he seduced and abandoned....