Drawing on the tragic past of Russia and its empire to comment on the issues and ideas of his day, Leo Tolstoy wrote the stories in Divine and Human and Other Stories during the chaos surrounding the 1905 revolution. These stories, presented together for the first time, show the depth of, and contradictions in, Tolstoy's thought as he tried to reconcile his harsh religious beliefs with humanist appeals for justice. Taken as a whole, the collection is a revealing look at the complex life and thought of a literary giant.
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A collection of stories by Leo Tolstoy, in which he draws on the tragic past of Russia to comment on the issues and ideas of his day. The stories show the depth of - and contradictions in - his thought as he tried to reconcile his religious beliefs with humanistic appeals for justice.
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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) wrote two of the great novels of the nineteenth century, War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
Peter Sekirin was born in Russia and holds a Ph.D. in RussiaPeter Sekirin was born in Russia and holds a Ph.D. in Russian Literature from the University of Toronto. He has been worn Literature from the University of Toronto. He has been working at the Center for Russian Studies at the University of king at the Center for Russian Studies at the University of Toronto since 1999. His works include The Dostoevsky ArchiveToronto since 1999. His works include The Dostoevsky Archive, a biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky; the English-language tra, a biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky; the English-language translations of Tolstory's The Calendar of Wisdom; and On the Snslations of Tolstory's The Calendar of Wisdom; and On the Sea and Other Stories: Early Short Stories of Anton Chekhov. ea and Other Stories: Early Short Stories of Anton Chekhov. He works as a research associate at the University of TorontHe works as a research associate at the University of Toronto and lives in North York, Ontario. o and lives in North York, Ontario.
Peter Sekirin was born in Russia and holds a Ph.D. in RussiaPeter Sekirin was born in Russia and holds a Ph.D. in Russian Literature from the University of Toronto. He has been worn Literature from the University of Toronto. He has been working at the Center for Russian Studies at the University of king at the Center for Russian Studies at the University of Toronto since 1999. His works include The Dostoevsky ArchiveToronto since 1999. His works include The Dostoevsky Archive, a biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky; the English-language tra, a biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky; the English-language translations of Tolstory's The Calendar of Wisdom; and On the Snslations of Tolstory's The Calendar of Wisdom; and On the Sea and Other Stories: Early Short Stories of Anton Chekhov. ea and Other Stories: Early Short Stories of Anton Chekhov. He works as a research associate at the University of TorontHe works as a research associate at the University of Toronto and lives in North York, Ontario. o and lives in North York, Ontario.
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Tolstoy Manages to Shine Through a Careless Translation
4. März 2001
Von K.E. Culbertson
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Tolstoy, a writer of such undeniable power, proves perhaps by the most extreme scenario that he is not overrated as a transcendant writer: namely, this book is still vital despite a horribly mangled translation by Gordon Spence. Here's one example of the needless contortions Spence plays with Russian/English: "But what he understood now by him to whom he appealed was something he knew to be the most real of everything he knew." Another gem: ". . .and in the same week he drank not only all the money that he had received for the execution, but also all his relatively expensive clothes. . ." Whaat? How does one drink expensive clothes? Yet another: "With the devoted old nurse. . .she sat in her father's closed sleigh, which had been newly repaired for the long journey, and set out on the long journey." Come on. How about ". . .newly repaired for the long journey, and set out."? Yet to read the story "Divine and Human" is a seminal experience nonetheless. Amazing, Tolstoy has to be a titan to shine through this, yet he does.
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Great stories
19. Mai 2001
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The book contains some short stories; one of them is titled "Divine and Human". The content of the stories varies: some of them are fables with a happy ending others, as for instance "Divine and Human", are stories with bleak atmospheres resembling the ones present in "The Death of Ivan Ilich" or in "Resurrection. The author, anyhow, always deploys a positive message of hope. The author clearly depicts last century Russian peasant's poor conditions of life. These very miserable life styles are the base for the author's reflections and considerations about the morally correct behaviour that rich people should hold in order to be useful to others and to be happier themselves.
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