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Resurrection is Tolstoys final novel. It‘s a glimpse of Russian life…a dark and dreary look at the legal system, incarceration, the divide between rich and poor. This explains for me why the Russian revolution happened!!
I loved it..his writing will be with me for a while!
Something light…Piorot and some short stories by AMS!
And my son‘s beautiful wedding to his soul mate last weekend..and me dancing with mine 🤣
#tolstoy #literature

Life could be worse😇 I‘m currently on vacation in Budapest, chilling in the sun in a park and reading a bit on my Kindle App. Can highly recommend this way to spend your sunday🤩

I‘m also positively surprised by my current Read- I‘m gaining a lot of interesting insights in Tolstoi‘s mind and thoughts about society from this read.

#fridayfunwith451 @451Degrees

Found this copy of Resurrection at a yard sale. Copyright is 1899. Just enough to feel like an "antique", while not quite old enough to be worth anything ?

#7days7covers #covercrush Day Three

More of Russian Classics

This and 2 other books defined my ‘quest‘ in life and continue to do so. #Tolstoy I stumbled upon in my Dad‘s collection when in High School and was my first real introduction to literary fiction. The writing was unlike anything I had read until then (think Nancy Drews, Archie‘s and Sweet Valley Twins🙈). It had me in a trance. #Empathy what a revelation! #LifeLesson #Classics #Riotgram #Day12

A powerful man uses his position to take advantage of a woman. His life continues with no issue while the woman's life collapses around her.The man suffers an urge to right his wrong, not due the guilt of his actions but rather the shock of being confronted with the impact of his actions..
The story continues a pace, filled with Tolstoy's own personal philosophy. An absorbing read. Relevant to our times, less a roar of #metoo, more, #whatcanyoudo?

Noch eine kleine Pause bei Tolstoi und seiner "Auferstehung". Die "Weihnachtspost berühmter Schriftsteller" versammelt große Namen wie zum Beispiel Friedrich Nietzsche, Robert Musil, Sofie Scholl und zu meiner großen Freude auch Thomas Mann. ?

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Erstes Kapitel, erster Absatz und schon erklärt Tolstoi mit wenigen Worten die Welt.

Nach "Anna Karenina" und "Krieg und Frieden" lese ich mit meinem TeamTolstoi den dritten und weitaus weniger bekannten Roman von Leo Tolstoi. Der Roman vereint alles das, wofür Tolstoi bis heute berühmt ist: einfühlsame Porträts, packende Anklagen gegen Armut und Heuchelei und eine ergreifende Liebesgeschichte.

Diese vier Bücher werde ich in den nächsten Wochen lesen. Sehr unterschiedliche Genre, aber das macht für mich Literatur aus. ?