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Serving on the jury at a murder trial, Prince Nekhludoff recognizes in a prostitute accused of murder the peasant woman Katusha Maslova, whom he had seduced ten years earlier, causing her ruin. As the prince faces the consequences of his actions, he decides to give up his life of wealth and luxury to devote himself to rescuing Katusha, even if it means following her into exile in Siberia. Oppressed by guilt, he works to save the woman and, with her, his own soul. Resurrection, Tolstoy's last great novel, is inspired by an actual judicial affair, which is above all a reflection on the inevitability of evil, on the universal injustice of suffering, to which man can oppose only the prospect of individual redemption. Such as the one Katusha and Nekhludoff will find, each in his own way. Creating a vast panorama of Russian life, from peasants to aristocrats, bureaucrats to convicts, Resurrection reveals Tolstoy's magnificent storytelling powers.
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1Also authored by Leo Tolstoy in Cactus catalogue:
68CHAPTER V. MASLOVA’S AUNT.
2TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
69CHAPTER VI. REFLECTIONS OF A LANDLORD.
3BOOK I.
70CHAPTER VII. THE DISINHERITED.
4CHAPTER I. MASLOVA IN PRISON.
71CHAPTER VIII. GOD’S PEACE IN THE HEART.
5CHAPTER II. MASLOVA’S EARLY LIFE.
72CHAPTER IX. THE LAND SETTLEMENT.
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6CHAPTER III. NEKHLUDOFF.
73CHAPTER X. NEKHLUDOFF RETURNS TO TOWN.
7CHAPTER IV. MISSY.
74CHAPTER XI. AN ADVOCATE’S VIEWS ON JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS.
8CHAPTER V. THE JURYMEN.
75CHAPTER XII. WHY THE PEASANTS FLOCK TO TOWN.
9CHAPTER VI. THE JUDGES.
76CHAPTER XIII. NURSE MASLOVA.
10CHAPTER VII. THE OFFICIALS OF THE COURT.
77CHAPTER XIV. AN ARISTOCRATIC CIRCLE.
11CHAPTER VIII. SWEARING IN THE JURY.
78CHAPTER XV. AN AVERAGE STATESMAN.
12CHAPTER IX. THE TRIAL—THE PRISONERS QUESTIONED.
79CHAPTER XVI. AN UP-TO-DATE SENATOR.
13CHAPTER X. THE TRIAL—THE INDICTMENT.
80CHAPTER XVII. COUNTESS KATERINA IVANOVNA’S DINNER PARTY.
14CHAPTER XI. THE TRIAL—MASLOVA CROSS-EXAMINED.
81CHAPTER XVIII. OFFICIALDOM.
15CHAPTER XII. TWELVE YEARS BEFORE.
82CHAPTER XIX. AN OLD GENERAL OF REPUTE.
16CHAPTER XIII. LIFE IN THE ARMY.
83CHAPTER XX. MASLOVA’S APPEAL.
17CHAPTER XIV. THE SECOND MEETING WITH MASLOVA.
84CHAPTER XXI. THE APPEAL DISMISSED.
18CHAPTER XV. THE EARLY MASS.
85CHAPTER XXII. AN OLD FRIEND.
19CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST STEP.
86CHAPTER XXIII. THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
20CHAPTER XVII. NEKHLUDOFF AND KATUSHA.
87CHAPTER XXIV. MARIETTE TEMPTS NEKHLUDOFF.
21CHAPTER XVIII. AFTERWARDS.
88CHAPTER XXV. LYDIA SHOUSTOVA’S HOME.
22CHAPTER XIX. THE TRIAL—RESUMPTION.
89CHAPTER XXVI. LYDIA’S AUNT.
23CHAPTER XX. THE TRIAL—THE MEDICAL REPORT.
90CHAPTER XXVII. THE STATE CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE.
24CHAPTER XXI. THE TRIAL—THE PROSECUTOR AND THE ADVOCATES.
91CHAPTER XXVIII. THE MEANING OF MARIETTE’S ATTRACTION.
25CHAPTER XXII. THE TRIAL—THE SUMMING UP.
92CHAPTER XXIX. FOR HER SAKE AND FOR GOD’S.
26CHAPTER XXIII. THE TRIAL—THE VERDICT.
93CHAPTER XXX. THE ASTONISHING INSTITUTION CALLED CRIMINAL LAW.
27CHAPTER XXIV. THE TRIAL—THE SENTENCE.
94CHAPTER XXXI. NEKHLUDOFF’S SISTER AND HER HUSBAND.
28CHAPTER XXV. NEKHLUDOFF CONSULTS AN ADVOCATE.
95CHAPTER XXXII. NEKHLUDOFF’S ANARCHISM.
29CHAPTER XXVI. THE HOUSE OF KORCHAGIN.
96CHAPTER XXXIII. THE AIM OF THE LAW.
30CHAPTER XXVII. MISSY’S MOTHER.
97CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PRISONERS START FOR SIBERIA.
31CHAPTER XXVIII. THE AWAKENING.
98CHAPTER XXXV. NOT MEN BUT STRANGE AND TERRIBLE CREATURES?
32CHAPTER XXIX. MASLOVA IN PRISON.
99CHAPTER XXXVI. THE TENDER MERCIES OF THE LORD.
33CHAPTER XXX. THE CELL.
100CHAPTER XXXVII. SPILLED LIKE WATER ON THE GROUND.
34CHAPTER XXXI. THE PRISONERS.
101CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE CONVICT TRAIN.
35CHAPTER XXXII. A PRISON QUARREL.
102CHAPTER XXXIX. BROTHER AND SISTER.
36CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LEAVEN AT WORK—NEKHLUDOFF’S DOMESTIC CHANGES.
103CHAPTER XL. THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF HUMAN LIFE.
37CHAPTER XXXIV. THE ABSURDITY OF LAW—REFLECTIONS OF A JURYMAN.
104CHAPTER XLI. TARAS’S STORY.
38CHAPTER XXXV. THE PROCUREUR—NEKHLUDOFF REFUSES TO SERVE.
105CHAPTER XLII. LE VRAI GRAND MONDE.
39CHAPTER XXXVI. NEKHLUDOFF ENDEAVOURS TO VISIT MASLOVA.
106BOOK III.
40CHAPTER XXXVII. MASLOVA RECALLS THE PAST.
107CHAPTER I. MASLOVA MAKES NEW FRIENDS.
41CHAPTER XXXVIII. SUNDAY IN PRISON—PREPARING FOR MASS.
108CHAPTER II. AN INCIDENT OF THE MARCH.
42CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PRISON CHURCH—BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND.
109CHAPTER III. MARY PAVLOVNA.
43CHAPTER XL. THE HUSKS OF RELIGION.
110CHAPTER IV. SIMONSON.
44CHAPTER XLI. VISITING DAY—THE MEN’S WARD.
111CHAPTER V. THE POLITICAL PRISONERS.
45CHAPTER XLII. VISITING DAY—THE WOMEN’S WARD.
112CHAPTER VI. KRYLTZOFF’S STORY.
46CHAPTER XLIII. NEKHLUDOFF VISITS MASLOVA.
113CHAPTER VII. NEKHLUDOFF SEEKS AN INTERVIEW WITH MASLOVA.
47CHAPTER XLIV. MASLOVA’S VIEW OF LIFE.
114CHAPTER VIII. NEKHLUDOFF AND THE OFFICER.
48CHAPTER XLV. FANARIN, THE ADVOCATE—THE PETITION.
115CHAPTER IX. THE POLITICAL PRISONERS.
49CHAPTER XLVI. A PRISON FLOGGING.
116CHAPTER X. MAKAR DEVKIN.
50CHAPTER XLVII. NEKHLUDOFF AGAIN VISITS MASLOVA.
117CHAPTER XI. MASLOVA AND HER COMPANIONS.
51CHAPTER XLVIII. MASLOVA REFUSES TO MARRY.
118CHAPTER XII. NABATOFF AND MARKEL.
52CHAPTER XLIX. VERA DOUKHOVA.
119CHAPTER XIII. LOVE AFFAIRS OF THE EXILES.
53CHAPTER L. THE VICE-GOVERNOR OF THE PRISON.
120CHAPTER XIV. CONVERSATIONS IN PRISON.
54CHAPTER LI. THE CELLS.
121CHAPTER XV. NOVODVOROFF.
55CHAPTER LII. NO. 21.
122CHAPTER XVI. SIMONSON SPEAKS TO NEKHLUDOFF.
56CHAPTER LIII. VICTIMS OF GOVERNMENT.
123CHAPTER XVII. “I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY.”
57CHAPTER LIV. PRISONERS AND FRIENDS.
124CHAPTER XVIII. NEVEROFF’S FATE.
58CHAPTER LV. VERA DOUKHOVA EXPLAINS.
125CHAPTER XIX. WHY IS IT DONE?
59CHAPTER LVI. NEKHLUDOFF AND THE PRISONERS.
126CHAPTER XX. THE JOURNEY RESUMED.
60CHAPTER LVII. THE VICE-GOVERNOR’S “AT-HOME”.
127CHAPTER XXI. “JUST A WORTHLESS TRAMP.”
61CHAPTER LVIII. THE VICE-GOVERNOR SUSPICIOUS.
128CHAPTER XXII. NEKHLUDOFF SEES THE GENERAL.
62CHAPTER LIX. NEKHLUDOFF’S THIRD INTERVIEW WITH MASLOVA IN PRISON.
129CHAPTER XXIII. THE SENTENCE COMMUTED.
63BOOK II.
130CHAPTER XXIV. THE GENERAL’S HOUSEHOLD.
64CHAPTER I. PROPERTY IN LAND.
131CHAPTER XXV. MASLOVA’S DECISION.
65CHAPTER II. EFFORTS AT LAND RESTORATION.
132CHAPTER XXVI. THE ENGLISH VISITOR.
66CHAPTER III. OLD ASSOCIATIONS.
133CHAPTER XXVII. KRYLTZOFF AT REST.
67CHAPTER IV. THE PEASANTS’ LOT.
134CHAPTER XXVIII. A NEW LIFE DAWNS FOR NEKHLUDOFF.