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Bartlett, Rosamund. Lieven, D. C. B. Popoff, Alexandra. Saunders, George Tolstoy, LeoSummary: A painstakingly detailed adaptation of the Tolstoy novel which follows the interconnected lives of a group of Russian aristocrats from 1805 to 1812, including Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In Tolstoy's timeless epic of love and loss, a circle of aristocrats finds their glittering world crumbling as war threatens imperial Russia. Set during the years of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, War and Peace follows the changing fortunes of brooding hero Prince Andrej, his bookish friend Pierre, and the spirited but naive Natasha. As Napoleon's armies menace their privileged lives, the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WARSaunders, George
Summary: "In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 891.7 SAUCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word SaundersTolstoy, Leo
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction TolstoyPopoff, Alexandra.
Summary: Presents a different look at Leo Tolstoy's wife's from her unpublished memoir and reveals how the classic author's followers actively suppressed the truth about Sophia's dedication to her husband and his work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOLSTAIA, S.A. POPLieven, D. C. B.
Summary: In his major new history of the Russian conflict immortalized by Tolstoy in "War and Peace," Lieven provides an examination of the period from the Russian perspective, demonstrating that Napoleon's defeat in 1812 by the Russian army was just the beginning of what would be the longest military campaign in European history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 LIEBartlett, Rosamund.
Summary: Bartlett draws extensively on key Russian sources, including much fascinating new material made available since the collapse of the Soviet Union. She sheds light on Tolstoy's remarkable journey from callow youth to writer to prophet; discusses his troubled relationship with his wife, Sonya, a subject long neglected; and vividly evokes the Russian landscapes Tolstoy so loved. Above all, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011