Filter By Subjects
Aristocracy (Social class) Aristocracy (Social class) Russia Drama Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich 1860-1904 graf Tolstoy, Leo 1828-1910 graf Tolstoy, Leo 1828-1910 Film adaptations Military campaigns Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Campaigns Russia Drama Russia Russia History Alexander I, 1801-1825 Drama Russia History DramaFilter By Authors
Saunders, GeorgeFilter By Subjects
Aristocracy (Social class) Aristocracy (Social class) Russia Drama Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich 1860-1904 graf Tolstoy, Leo 1828-1910 graf Tolstoy, Leo 1828-1910 Film adaptations Military campaigns Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Campaigns Russia Drama Russia Russia History Alexander I, 1801-1825 Drama Russia History DramaFilter By Authors
Saunders, GeorgeSaunders, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 891.7 SAUCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.708 SAUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.708 SAUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word SaundersSummary: 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
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WARSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000