L. N. Tolstoj písal Vojnu a mier v r. 1863 – 1869. Kompletné štvorzväzkové vydanie vyšlo v r. 1869. Dobová kritika najprv román odsúdila, ale čitateľský úspech bol obrovský. Dve vydania sa rozpredali veľmi rýchlo, r. 1873... Zobraziť viac
L. N. Tolstoj písal Vojnu a mier v r. 1863 – 1869. Kompletné štvorzväzkové vydanie vyšlo v r. 1869. Dobová kritika najprv román odsúdila, ale čitateľský úspech bol obrovský. Dve vydania sa rozpredali veľmi rýchlo, r. 1873... Zobraziť viac
First published in 1878, Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is the tragic story of aristocrat Anna Karenina and her ill-fated affair with the cavalry officer Count Vronsky. Although passionately in love, the couple finds their romance doomed ... Zobraziť viac
First published in the late 19th century, `Anna Karenina,` by famed Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of all time. Chronicling the turbulent affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky, Tolstoy weaves a.. Zobraziť viac
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt... Zobraziť viac
Anna is a beautiful, intelligent woman whose passionate affair with the dashing Count Vronsky leads her to ruin. But her story is also about a search for meaning, and by twinning it with that of Levin, an awkward idealist whose ... Zobraziť viac
At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life; cynical Prince Andrei, ennobled by wartime suffering; and Natasha Rostov, whose impulsiveness threatens to destroy her happiness. As Tolstoy follows the changing fortunes ... Zobraziť viac
From sophisticated Moscow soirees to breathless troika rides through the snow, from the bloody front line at Austerlitz to a wife’s death in childbirth, Tolstoy conjures a broad panorama of rich, messy, beautiful and debased human life... Zobraziť viac
L. N. Tolstoj písal Vojnu a mier v r. 1863 – 1869. Kompletné štvorzväzkové vydanie vyšlo v r. 1869. Dobová kritika najprv román odsúdila, ale čitateľský úspech bol obrovský. Dve vydania sa rozpredali veľmi rýchlo, r. 1873 vyšlo tretie... Zobraziť viac
War looms in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, and when Napoleon invades Russia in 1812 it forever changes those whose lives it engulfs. Although told on a panoramic scale Tolstoy's epic novel focuses the chaos of battle... Zobraziť viac
The prodigious cast of characters, both great and small, seem to act and move as if connected by threads of destiny as the novel relentlessly questions ideas of free will, fate, and providence... Zobraziť viac
Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace is a sprawling epic covering the impact of Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia on five different families. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs, ... Zobraziť viac
Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky... Zobraziť viac
Anna Karenina ist neben Effi Briest und Madame Bovary die wohl berühmteste Ehebrecherin der Weltliteratur. Glücklos mit einem hohen Beamten verheiratet, verfällt die bezaubernde... Zobraziť viac
Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 at Yasnaya Polyana and educated privately. He studied Oriental languages and law at the University of Kazan, then led a life of pleasure until 1851 when he joined an artillery regiment in the Caucasus. Zobraziť viac