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Childhood, Boyhood, Youth by Leo Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy
12.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy, "Childhood, Boyhood, Youth", in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an 'awkward mixture of fact and fiction', generations of readers have not agreed, finding the novel to be a charming and insightful portrait of inner growth against ...Show more
Childhood, Boyhood and Youth (Riverrun Editions) by Leo Tolstoy; Andrew O'Hagan (Contribution by)
27.99 NZD
Category: Classic | Series: Riverrun Editions Ser.
'The beautiful illusion, when reading Tolstoy, is that one is looking directly at the world, as opposed to a depiction' Andrew O'Hagan from his preface to Childhood, Boyhood and YouthPublished in 1852, when he was just twenty-four, Childhood was Tolstoy's first published work, and the first of a trilogy ...Show more
How Much Land Does A Man Need? : Little Black Classic by Leo Tolstoy
2.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books
'Although he feared death, he could not stop. 'If I stopped now, after coming all this way - well, they'd call me an idiot!' A pair of short stories about greed, charity, life and death from one of Russia's most influential writers and thinkers. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's ...Show more
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy
23.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Leo Tolstoy's last completed novel, Resurrection is an intimate, psychological tale of guilt, anger and forgiveness Serving on the jury at a murder trial, Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov is devastated when he sees the prisoner - Katyusha, a young maid he seduced and abandoned years before. As Dmitri faces ...Show more
War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
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. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey and impetuous Natas ...Show more
War and Peace by Leo N. Tolstoy
29.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books
With an Introduction by Aylmer Maude and an Afterword by Stella Baty Landis.Widely regarded as the greatest novel in any language, War and Peace is primarily concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families particularly the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskys and the Rostovs who are portrayed against a ...Show more
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
21.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Pocket Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
Considered by many to the greatest novel ever written, Tolstoy's masterpiece is a story of family life set against the backdrop of war. The novel begins in 1805, in the crowded and gossip-filled rooms of a St Petersburg party, and follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Bolkonsky and Rostov families as ...Show more
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
30.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
New BBC TV tie-in edition of the original masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy, with an introduction by Andrew Davies. The eagerly awaited BBC TV adaptation of Tolstoy's enthralling epic"War and Peace"is due to appear on our screens. This is the official tie-in edition with an exclusive introduction written by An ...Show more
War and Peace (Vintage Classic Russians Series) by Leo Tolstoy
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Vintage Classic Russians Series
THE ACCLAIMED TRANSLATION BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY 'If you've never read it, now is the moment. This translation will show that you don't read War and Peace, you live it' The Times From sophisticated Moscow soirees to breathless troika rides through the snow, from the bloody front line ...Show more