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# Read ! Hadji Murad (Modern Library Classics) by Leo Tolstoy ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Hadji Murad (Modern Library Classics) During this war a great Avar chieftain, Hadji Murád, broke with the Chechen leader Shamil and fled to the Russians for safety. Months later, while attempting to rescue his family from Shamil’s prison, Hadji Murád was pursued by those he had betrayed and, after fighting the most heroic battle of his life, was killed.Tolstoy, witness to many of the events leading to Hadji Murád’s death, set down this story with painstaking accuracy to preserve for future generation
| Title | : | Hadji Murad (Modern Library Classics) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (999 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812967119 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
“Tolstoy is the greatest of all novelists.” —Virginia Woolf
a fairly readable account of actual historical events Andrea R This was my introduction to the great Russian writers. I didn't really enjoy it that much, but I did find it a fairly readable account of actual historical events.It's the 1850s, and Russia is at war with the Chechens. Hadji Murad is the Chechen hero who defects to the Russian s. "Terrific story but avoid buying this edition!" according to Patrick W. Crabtree. I'll go into the actual story further along but I first wished to caution potential buyers of this book about the poor quality of this specific edition, as published by Filiquarian Publishing, LLC, (referred to as "FP" from here forward.)First, FP has posted a large-font notice . Gail D'ARCY said I believe it was touted as Tolstoy's greatest and so I read w expectations that were difficult. Sorry it has been a while since since I read it. I believe it was touted as Tolstoy's greatest and so I read w expectations that were difficult to support. I got it. It was a natural progression of a person's life. Murad was a good guy with a real life but things did not go all
During this war a great Avar chieftain, Hadji Murád, broke with the Chechen leader Shamil and fled to the Russians for safety. Months later, while attempting to rescue his family from Shamil’s prison, Hadji Murád was pursued by those he had betrayed and, after fighting the most heroic battle of his life, was killed.Tolstoy, witness to many of the events leading to Hadji Murád’s death, set down this story with painstaking accuracy to preserve for future generations the horror, nobility, and destruction inherent in war.. In 1851 Leo Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and was sent to the Caucasus to help defeat the Chechens
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