The Sebastopol Sketches - Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

The Sebastopol Sketches

Laufzeit ca. 4 Stunden 50 Minuten. Sprache: Englisch.
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ISBN 2291059890
EAN 9782291059899
Veröffentlicht März 2019
Verlag/Hersteller Century Audio
Übersetzer Vorgelesen von David Moran
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Beschreibung

In the winter of 1854 Tolstoy, then an officer in the Russian army, arranged to be transferred to the besieged town of Sebastopol. Wishing to see at first hand the action of what would become known as the Crimean War, he was spurred on by a fierce patriotism, but also by an equally fierce desire to alert the authorities to appalling conditions in the army. The three "Sebastopol Sketches" - December', May' and August' - re-create what happened during different phases of the siege and its effect on the ordinary men around him. Writing with the truth as his utmost aim, he brought home to Russia's entire literate public the atrocities of war. In doing so, he realized his own vocation as a writer and established his literary reputation.