Resurrection (Wordsworth Classics)
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Paperback. Resurrection proceeds from brothel to court-room, stinking cells to offices of state, luxury apartments to filthy life in Siberia. The ultimate crisis of moral responsibility embroils not only the famous author and his hero, but also you and me. Can we help resolve the eternal issues of law and imprisonment? Translator(s): Maude, Louise. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
This powerful novel, Tolstoy’s third major masterpiece, after War and Peace and Anna Karenina, begins with a courtroom drama (the finest in Russian literature) all the more stunning for being based on a real-life event. Dmitri Nekhlyudov, called to jury service, is astonished to see in the dock, charged with murder, a young woman whom he once seduced, propelling her into prostitution. She is found guilty on a technicality, and he determines to overturn the verdict. This pitches him into a hellish labyrinth of Russian courts, prisons and bureaucracy, in which the author loses no opportunity for satire and bitter ... Read more
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Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Wordsworth Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781840227284
SKU
V9781840227284
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99-32
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