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5.0 out of 5 stars
An amazing and gripping piece of classical literature
This book is one that you have to read. Tolstoys ability to vividly involve the reader in the historical russian world he describes is incredible. He was the first Russian author I have read and I was captivated. The moral dilemmas the central character faces pull at your heart and draw you into the narrative. I could barely put the book down. He writes beautifully.
Published on June 24, 2005 by Geoffrey Coles
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Deep and heavy - not the most readable translation
Maybe the first modern novel. In `Resurrection' Tolstoy delves down deep into the disturbed psyche of his protagonist as he struggles with his decisions, his culture, and his beliefs. Like all of Tolstoy's works the book is as deep and the prose is heavy. There are times that the book reads more like a tract than a novel and there is a moral to every story. The book is...
Published on January 5, 2006 by Dennis R. Mitton
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Deep and heavy - not the most readable translation,
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This review is from: Resurrection (Paperback)
Maybe the first modern novel. In `Resurrection' Tolstoy delves down deep into the disturbed psyche of his protagonist as he struggles with his decisions, his culture, and his beliefs. Like all of Tolstoy's works the book is as deep and the prose is heavy. There are times that the book reads more like a tract than a novel and there is a moral to every story. The book is interesting, too, in that I've wondered how much personal history Tolstoy wrote into it. Readers of Troyat's biography will see many familiar scenes played out here from Tolstoy's early days as a rich dandy to his later `resurrection' as a spiritual nomad.
Not quite up to par with `Anna' or `War and Peace' but a good book and a must for fans of the Great One.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An amazing and gripping piece of classical literature,
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This review is from: Resurrection (Paperback)
This book is one that you have to read. Tolstoys ability to vividly involve the reader in the historical russian world he describes is incredible. He was the first Russian author I have read and I was captivated. The moral dilemmas the central character faces pull at your heart and draw you into the narrative. I could barely put the book down. He writes beautifully.
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Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy (Paperback - September 1, 2003)
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