Sevastopol and Other Military Tales (Classic Reprint)

Sevastopol and Other Military Tales (Classic Reprint)

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-18

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780259496052

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Excerpt from Sevastopol and Other Military Tales Quite a curious collection of spellings of these three names might be made from the various translations, but no trans lator has improved on Tolstoy's own practice of signing himself Leo Tolstoy when not writing in Russian. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Sevastopol and Other Military Tales

Sevastopol and Other Military Tales

Author: Leo Tolstoy (Graf)

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-04-27

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9781354852354

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Sevastopol

Sevastopol

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789354629686

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The Sevastopol Sketches, called in English translations the Sebastopol Sketches, also published in English as Sevastopol, are three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published in 1855 to record his experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol. The name originates from Sevastopol, a city in Crimea. In the December tale Tolstoy introduces us to Sevastopol by giving the reader a tour and introducing us to the settings, mannerisms, and background that would relevant in the following tales. In the May tale Tolstoy examines the senselessness of war, musings that would lay the foundation for his much larger work and magnum opus "War and Peace." In the third and final tale the fall of the town is detailed.


Sevastopol Sketches

Sevastopol Sketches

Author: Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Publisher: Digireads.com

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781420949285

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"Sevastopol Sketches (Sebastopol Sketches)" is a collection of three works of historical fiction in which Tolstoy draws upon his real life experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol. The titular location draws its name from that of a city in Crimea and takes place during the Crimean war. The three tales in this collection are respectively titled "Sevastopol in December", "Sevastopol in May", and "Sevastopol in August". In the December tale Tolstoy introduces us to Sevastopol by giving the reader a tour and introducing us to the settings, mannerisms, and background that would relevant in the following tales. In the May tale Tolstoy examines the senselessness of war, musings that would lay the foundation for his much larger work and magnum opus "War and Peace." In the third and final tale the fall of the town is detailed. Published in 1855 "Sevastopol" was written near the beginning of the author's literary career. It is a book in which we begin to see the writer exhibit a quality of prose that would one day establish him as the greatest of all writers in the Russian and any other language.