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6) Leo Tolstoy
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and career of the celebrated Russian writer who also gained fame for his moral and social philosophies.
Publisher
Titanio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
Miniserie de TV de 4 episodios. Adaptación televisiva de la novela homónima de Tolstoi. Ambientada en 1805, constituye un análisis de la sociedad rusa durante la era Napoleónica, combinando los hechos históricos con las experiencias privadas de diversos personajes. Una lujosa superproducción europea.
A Russian Prince experiences battle against Napoleon and a troubled relationship with his father and wife. Finds acceptance of her death and eventually...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
As Leo Tolstoy's life draws to a tumultuous close, his tempestuous wife and most cunning disciple are locked in a whirlwind battle for the great man's soul. Torn between his professed doctrine of poverty and chastity and the reality of his enormous wealth and thirteen children, Tolstoy dramatically flees his home, only to fall ill at a tiny nearby rail station. The famous (and famously troubled) writer believes he is dying alone, unaware that over...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A modern take on one of the most famous stories of all time. In 1805 when we first meet Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, they are all part of St. Petersburg's glittering elite, but are fired up with youthful ambition to find meaning in their lives. As everything they thought they knew is questioned, Pierre, Andrei and Natasha find themselves in a time when Russian society is about to change forever.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches...
16) War and peace
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Epic portrayal of Tolstoy's novel of Russia during the Napoleonic invasion at the turn of the 19th century.
17) The last station
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy. For the Countess Sofya, his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw! After she discovers his plans to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family, she decides to use every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, to fight for what she believes is...
18) The Last Station
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy. For the Countess Sofya, his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw! After she discovers his plans to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family, she decides to use every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, to fight for what she believes is...
19) Anna Karenina
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Set in late 19th century Russia high-society, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
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