Hadji Murad

by Leo Tolstoy, Aylmer Maude (Translator), Louise Maude (Translator)

Overview

Hadji Murad is a traitor, a Chechen soldier who, during his own people's struggle against Tsar Nicholas I, abandons his comrades to join the Russian enemy, setting out along a parable that will lead him to suffer the inevitable consequences of his choice. Then, in the background of his personal and dramatic story is the devastation of war: the looted and destroyed houses and villages, the death, and the weeping of mothers over the corpses of their children testify with shocking actuality to the heartbreaks of a timeless tragedy: racial conflicts. Written during the last years of Tolstoy's life and published posthumously in 1912, Hadji Murad is a little-known yet indispensable work in which we find intact the greatness of a masterpiece like War and Peace.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940184781747
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	01/21/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	297 KB

About the Author

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian author, regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909. His works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina and novellas such as Hadji Murad and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

Date of Birth:

September 9, 1828

Date of Death:

November 20, 1910

Place of Birth:

Tula Province, Russia

Place of Death:

Astapovo, Russia

Education:

Privately educated by French and German tutors; attended the University of Kazan, 1844-47