A Prisoner in the Caucasus
by Leo Tolstoy
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"A Prisoner in the Caucasus" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1870. An officer with the name of Zhilin is serving in the army. One day he receives a letter from home. It is from his mother who asks him to come home because she has found a girl for him. He obtains a leave of absence and his adventure begins. It was a time of war with the Tartars in the Caucasus...Tags
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Se narra el cautiverio de dos soldados rusos durante la guerra en el Cáucaso, y ha sido adaptado a otras obras de arte como una ópera de César Cui y una película soviética. La historia se enfoca en el coraje y la resiliencia del protagonista Zhilin frente a la pasividad de su compañero Kostylin, y aborda temas como la empatía, la dignidad y la crítica a la guerra.
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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828 in Russia. He is usually referred to as Leo Tolstoy. He was a Russian author who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Leo Tolstoy is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several show more novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, and Hadji Murad. He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays. Tolstoy had a profound moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870's which he outlined in his work, A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. His ideas of nonviolent resistance which he shared in his works The Kingdom of God is Within You, had a profund impact on figures such as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. On September 23, 1862 Tolstoy married Sophia Andreevna Behrs. She was the daughter of a court physician. They had 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life allowed Tolstoy much freedom to compose War and Peace and Anna Karenina with his wife acting as his secretary and proofreader. The Tolstoy family left Russia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent establishment of the Soviet Union. Leo Tolstoy's relatives and descendants moved to Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the United States. Tolstoy died of pneumonia at Astapovo train station, after a day's rail journey south on November 20, 1910 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) Count Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 on the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana in the Tula province. He married in 1862 & was the father of 13 children. Tolstoy managed the estate of Yasnaya Polyana & ran its peasant schools, while writing his great novels, "War & Peace" (1869) & "Anna Karenina" (1877). He died in 1910. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title*
- El prisionero del Caúcaso
- Original title
- Кавказский пленник
- Alternate titles*
- Iván el tonto 1884; La muerte de Iván Ilitch 1885; Amo y criado
- Original publication date
- 1884
- First words*
- Отец всегда говорил сыновям, чтобы они жили дружно, но они не слушаили его.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)А Костылина только через месяц выкупили за пять тысяч рублей и привезли в крепость еле живого.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
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- 813 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English
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- PG3365 .A2 — Language and Literature Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Slavic. Baltic. Albanian Russian literature Individual authors and works 1800-1870 Tolstoi
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