The Complete Novels of Leo Tolstoy in One Premium Edition (World Classics Series) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete Novels: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Other Realist MasterpiecesBy Leo Tolstoy
Length214h 11m
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Gathering Tolstoy's major fiction into a single premium edition, this volume traces one of the supreme achievements of nineteenth-century realism. From the panoramic historical architecture of War and Peace to the psychological and moral intricacies of Anna Karenina and the spiritual indictment of Resurrection, these novels combine epic scope with minute observation. Tolstoy's prose is lucid, patient, and exacting, situated between European realist tradition and a distinctly Russian inquiry into conscience, family, history, and faith. Leo Tolstoy, born into the Russian aristocracy in 1828, drew deeply on his experiences as landowner, soldier, husband, reformer, and religious thinker. His service in the Caucasus and Crimea sharpened his skepticism toward glory and violence, while his later spiritual crisis transformed his fiction into a vehicle for ethical searching. Few writers have so powerfully converted personal struggle into universal art. This edition is highly recommended for readers seeking not merely famous plots, but a sustained encounter with moral imagination at its fullest. Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find in Tolstoy a novelist who renders private feeling and historical destiny with unmatched authority.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length214 hrs 11 mins
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Publish dateApr 5, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
182XVIII. THE VALAKHIN FAMILY
2Introduction
183XIX. THE KORNAKOFFS
3Author Biography
184XX. THE IWINS
4Historical Context
185XXI. PRINCE IVAN IVANOVITCH
5Synopsis (Selection)
186XXII. INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH MY FRIEND
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6The Complete Novels of Leo Tolstoy in One Premium Edition (World Classics Series)
187XXIII. THE NECHLUDOFFS
7Introduction
188XXIV. LOVE
8Leo Tolstoy: A Short Biography
189XXV. I BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE NECHLUDOFFS
9“Tolstoy the Artist” and “Tolstoy the Preacher”
190XXVI. I SHOW OFF
10TOLSTOY THE ARTIST.
191XXVII. DIMITRI
11TOLSTOY THE PREACHER.
192XXVIII. IN THE COUNTRY
12“Count Tolstoi and the Public Censor”
193XXIX. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GIRLS AND OURSELVES
13Anna Karenina
194XXX. HOW I EMPLOYED MY TIME
14Anna Karenina (Maude Translation)
195XXXI. "COMME IL FAUT"
15Preface to the Maude Translation
196XXXII. YOUTH
16Characters in Order of Appearance
197XXXIII. OUR NEIGHBOURS
17Russian Words
198XXXIV. MY FATHER'S SECOND MARRIAGE
18PART ONE (pt. 1)
199XXXV. HOW WE RECEIVED THE NEWS
19PART ONE (pt. 2)
200XXXVI. THE UNIVERSITY
20PART ONE (pt. 3)
201XXXVII. AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
21PART TWO (pt. 1)
202XXXVIII. THE WORLD
22PART TWO (pt. 2)
203XXXIX. THE STUDENTS' FEAST
23PART TWO (pt. 3)
204XL. MY FRIENDSHIP WITH THE NECHLUDOFFS
24PART THREE (pt. 1)
205XLI. MY FRIENDSHIP WITH THE NECHLUDOFFS
25PART THREE (pt. 2)
206XLII. OUR STEPMOTHER
26PART THREE (pt. 3)
207XLIII. NEW COMRADES
27PART FOUR (pt. 1)
208XLIV. ZUCHIN AND SEMENOFF
28PART FOUR (pt. 2)
209XLV. I COME TO GRIEF
29PART FIVE (pt. 1)
210The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852
30PART FIVE (pt. 2)
211Chapter I
31PART FIVE (pt. 3)
212Chapter II
32PART SIX (pt. 1)
213Chapter III
33PART SIX (pt. 2)
214Chapter IV
34PART SIX (pt. 3)
215Chapter V
35PART SEVEN (pt. 1)
216Chapter VI
36PART SEVEN (pt. 2)
217Chapter VII
37PART EIGHT
218Chapter VIII
38Anna Karenina (Garnett Translation
219Chapter IX
39PART 1 (pt. 1)
220Chapter X
40PART 1 (pt. 2)
221Chapter XI
41PART 1 (pt. 3)
222Chapter XII
42PART 2 (pt. 1)
223Chapter XIII
43PART 2 (pt. 2)
224Chapter XIV
44PART 2 (pt. 3)
225Chapter XV
45PART 3 (pt. 1)
226Chapter XVI
46PART 3 (pt. 2)
227Chapter XVII
47PART 3 (pt. 3)
228Chapter XVIII
48PART 4 (pt. 1)
229Chapter XIX
49PART 4 (pt. 2)
230Chapter XX
50PART 5 (pt. 1)
231Chapter XXI
51PART 5 (pt. 2)
232Chapter XXII
52PART 5 (pt. 3)
233Chapter XXIII
53PART 6 (pt. 1)
234Chapter XXIV
54PART 6 (pt. 2)
235Chapter XXV
55PART 6 (pt. 3)
236Chapter XXVI
56PART 7 (pt. 1)
237Chapter XXVII
57PART 7 (pt. 2)
238Chapter XXVIII
58PART 8
239Chapter XXIX
59War And Peace
240Chapter XXX
60BOOK ONE: 1805 (pt. 1)
241Chapter XXXI
61BOOK ONE: 1805 (pt. 2)
242Chapter XXXII
62BOOK ONE: 1805 (pt. 3)
243Chapter XXXIII
63BOOK TWO: 1805 (pt. 1)
244Chapter XXXIV
64BOOK TWO: 1805 (pt. 2)
245Chapter XXXV
65BOOK THREE: 1805 (pt. 1)
246Chapter XXXVI
66BOOK THREE: 1805 (pt. 2)
247Chapter XXXVII
67BOOK FOUR: 1806 (pt. 1)
248Chapter XXXVIII
68BOOK FOUR: 1806 (pt. 2)
249Chapter XXXIX
69BOOK FIVE: 1806 - 07 (pt. 1)
250Chapter XL
70BOOK FIVE: 1806 - 07 (pt. 2)
251Chapter XLI
71BOOK SIX: 1808 - 10 (pt. 1)
252Chapter XLII
72BOOK SIX: 1808 - 10 (pt. 2)
253Resurrection
73BOOK SEVEN: 1810 - 11 (pt. 1)
254BOOK I (pt. 1)
74BOOK SEVEN: 1810 - 11 (pt. 2)
255BOOK I (pt. 2)
75BOOK EIGHT: 1811 - 12 (pt. 1)
256BOOK I (pt. 3)
76BOOK EIGHT: 1811 - 12 (pt. 2)
257BOOK I (pt. 4)
77BOOK NINE: 1812 (pt. 1)
258BOOK II (pt. 1)
78BOOK NINE: 1812 (pt. 2)
259BOOK II (pt. 2)
79BOOK TEN: 1812 (pt. 1)
260BOOK II (pt. 3)
80BOOK TEN: 1812 (pt. 2)
261BOOK III (pt. 1)
81BOOK TEN: 1812 (pt. 3)
262BOOK III (pt. 2)
82BOOK ELEVEN: 1812 (pt. 1)
263Family Happiness
83BOOK ELEVEN: 1812 (pt. 2)
264Part I
84BOOK ELEVEN: 1812 (pt. 3)
265Part II
85BOOK TWELVE: 1812 (pt. 1)
266The Kreutzer Sonata
86BOOK TWELVE: 1812 (pt. 2)
267CHAPTER I.
87BOOK THIRTEEN: 1812
268CHAPTER II.
88BOOK FOURTEEN: 1812
269CHAPTER III.
89BOOK FIFTEEN: 1812 - 13 (pt. 1)
270CHAPTER IV.
90BOOK FIFTEEN: 1812 - 13 (pt. 2)
271CHAPTER V.
91FIRST EPILOGUE: 1813 - 20 (pt. 1)
272CHAPTER VI.
92FIRST EPILOGUE: 1813 - 20 (pt. 2)
273CHAPTER VII.
93SECOND EPILOGUE
274CHAPTER VIII.
94The Death of Ivan Ilyich
275CHAPTER IX.
95I
276CHAPTER X.
96II
277CHAPTER XI.
97III
278CHAPTER XII.
98IV
279CHAPTER XIII.
99V
280CHAPTER XIV.
100VI
281CHAPTER XV.
101VII
282CHAPTER XVI.
102VIII
283CHAPTER XVII.
103IX
284CHAPTER XVIII.
104X
285CHAPTER XIX.
105XI
286CHAPTER XX.
106XII
287CHAPTER XXI.
107Childhood
288CHAPTER XXII.
108I — THE TUTOR, KARL IVANITCH
289CHAPTER XXIII.
109II — MAMMA
290CHAPTER XXIV.
110III — PAPA
291CHAPTER XXV.
111IV — LESSONS
292CHAPTER XXVI.
112V — THE IDIOT
293CHAPTER XXVII.
113VI — PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHASE
294CHAPTER XXVIII.
114VII — THE HUNT
295LESSON OF "THE KREUTZER SONATA."
115VIII — WE PLAY GAMES
296The Forged Coupon
116IX — A FIRST ESSAY IN LOVE
297PART FIRST
117X — THE SORT OF MAN MY FATHER WAS
298PART SECOND
118XI — IN THE DRAWING-ROOM AND THE STUDY
299Hadji Murad
119XII — GRISHA
300Chapter I
120XIII — NATALIA SAVISHNA
301Chapter II
121XIV — THE PARTING
302Chapter III
122XV — CHILDHOOD
303Chapter IV
123XVI — VERSE-MAKING
304Chapter V
124XVII — THE PRINCESS KORNAKOFF
305Chapter VI
125XVIII — PRINCE IVAN IVANOVITCH
306Chapter VII
126XIX — THE IWINS
307Chapter VIII
127XX — PREPARATIONS FOR THE PARTY
308Chapter IX
128XXI — BEFORE THE MAZURKA
309Chapter X
129XXII — THE MAZURKA
310Chapter XI
130XXIII — AFTER THE MAZURKA
311Chapter XII
131XXIV — IN BED
312Chapter XIII
132XXV — THE LETTER
313Chapter XIV
133XXVI — WHAT AWAITED US AT THE COUNTRY-HOUSE
314Chapter XV
134XXVII — GRIEF
315Chapter XVI
135XXVIII — SAD RECOLLECTIONS
316Chapter XVII
136Boyhood
317Chapter XVIII
137I. A SLOW JOURNEY
318Chapter XIX
138II. THE THUNDERSTORM
319Chapter XX
139III. A NEW POINT OF VIEW
320Chapter XXI
140IV. IN MOSCOW
321Chapter XXII
141V. MY ELDER BROTHER
322Chapter XXIII
142VI. MASHA
323Chapter XXIV
143VII. SMALL SHOT
324Chapter XXV
144VIII. KARL IVANITCH'S HISTORY
325The Dekabrists: A Romance1
145IX. CONTINUATION OF KARL'S NARRATIVE
326FIRST FRAGMENT
146X. CONCLUSION OF KARL'S NARRATIVE
327SECOND FRAGMENT
147XI. ONE MARK ONLY
328THIRD FRAGMENT
148XII. THE KEY
329A Morning of a Landed Propietor
149XIII. THE TRAITRESS
330I
150XIV. THE RETRIBUTION
331II
151XV. DREAMS
332III
152XVI. "KEEP ON GRINDING, AND YOU'LL HAVE FLOUR"
333IV
153XVII. HATRED
334V
154XVIII. THE MAIDSERVANTS' ROOM
335VI
155XIX. BOYHOOD
336VII
156XX. WOLODA
337VIII
157XXI. KATENKA AND LUBOTSHKA
338IX
158XXII. PAPA
339X
159XXIII. GRANDMAMMA
340XI
160XXIV. MYSELF
341XII
161XXV. WOLODA'S FRIENDS
342XIII
162XXVI. DISCUSSIONS
343XIV
163XXVII. THE BEGINNING OF OUR FRIENDSHIP
344XV
164Youth
345XVI
165I. WHAT I CONSIDER TO HAVE BEEN THE BEGINNING OF MY YOUTH
346XVII
166II. SPRINGTIME
347XVIII
167III. DREAMS
348XIX
168IV. OUR FAMILY CIRCLE
349XX
169V. MY RULES
350Reminiscences
170VI. CONFESSION
351Reminiscences of Tolstoy, by His Son
171VII. THE EXPEDITION TO THE MONASTERY
352REMINISCENCES OF TOLSTOY (Part I.)
172VIII. THE SECOND CONFESSION
353REMINISCENCES OF TOLSTOY (Part II.)
173IX. HOW I PREPARED MYSELF FOR THE EXAMINATIONS
354REMINISCENCES OF TOLSTOY (Part III.)
174X. THE EXAMINATION IN HISTORY
355My Visit to Tolstoy
175XI. MY EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS
356“My First Interview with Tolstoy” and “At one of the Tolstoy Receptions”
176XII. MY EXAMINATION IN LATIN
357My First Interview with Tolstoy
177XIII. I BECOME GROWN-UP
358At One of the Tolstoy Receptions
178XIV. HOW WOLODA AND DUBKOFF AMUSED THEMSELVES
359Analysis
179XV. I AM FETED AT DINNER
360Reflection
180XVI. THE QUARREL
361Memorable Quotes
181XVII. I GET READY TO PAY SOME CALLS
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