Forfatter fødeår: 1828-1910
At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever.
Tolstoy's masterpiece tells the story of a woman who seems to have everything until her affair with the impetuous officer Count Vronsky scandalises society.
'The Death of Ivan Ilyich - is usually regarded as an amazing narrative of the experience of dying, a search for the meaning of death. It is all that, and more: it's a great questioning of what is and what ought to be in a human life.' Nadine Gordimer
Reveals Tolstoy's world outlook after his conversion to Christianity
Tolstoy's tragic tale of love, marriage and infidelity.
Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series of classics at GBP4.99, Anna Karenina presents, here in a new translation, a poignant blend of realism and lyricism that makes it one of the most perfect, enduring novels of all time.
A devastating account of a man fighting his inevitable end, and asks the existential question: why must a good person be taken before his time?
Anna is a beautiful, intelligent woman whose passionate affair with the dashing Count Vronsky leads her to ruin. Her story is also about a search for... Læs mere
An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace - with engaging illustrations throughout.