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In the Days of Serfdom and Other Stories
Contributor(s): Tolstoy, Leo (Author), Maude, Louise (Translator), Maude, Aylmer (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0812218183     ISBN-13: 9780812218183
Publisher: Pine Street Books
OUR PRICE: $28.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2002
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""In the Days of Serfdom" and Other Stories", originally published in 1911, presents in miniature themes developed in Tolstoy's longer works War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The compelling stories in this collection have largely been ignored by contemporary scholars and teachers because of their general unavailability. Now in paperback for the first time since their original publication, the stories reveal new thematic and stylisitic dimensions to Tolstoy's oeuvre.While not all of the stories deal with actual serfdom, they all address the legacy of serfdom, of choicelessness, in Tolstoy's Russia. These stories are also thoroughly modern, concerned as they are with the market economy, changing values, and women's roles in society. Artistically and historically significant, they constitute ethical and spiritual questionings that deal with lives out of control, with characters making sense of the experience of living.

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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Short Stories (single Author)
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2002028506
Series: Pine Street Books
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.18" W x 7.7" L (0.77 lbs) 312 pages
Features: Ikids
Review Citations: Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2003 pg. 89 - Strongly Recommended
 
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In the Days of Serfdom and Other Stories, originally published in 1911, presents in miniature themes developed in Tolstoy's longer works War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The compelling stories in this collection have largely been ignored by contemporary scholars and teachers because of their general unavailability. Available once again, the stories reveal new thematic and stylisitic dimensions to Tolstoy's oeuvre.

While not all of the stories deal with actual serfdom, they all address the legacy of serfdom, of choicelessness, in Tolstoy's Russia. These stories are also thoroughly modern, concerned as they are with the market economy, changing values, and women's roles in society. Artistically and historically significant, they constitute ethical and spiritual questionings that deal with lives out of control, with characters making sense of the experience of living.
 
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