Bøger af Lev Tolstoi

Written in 1857 and 1858, these two stories are a tribute to Tolstoy's passion for music and are inspired by episodes from his life. In "Lucerne" he offers evocative descriptions of the city by the lake and recreates in first person the conflicts of his protagonist, Prince Nekhludov, who is briefly taken out of his sadness by a charming melody and restored to his pure love of life: What more is needed? Everything is yours, everything is good..." In "Albert" he elaborates the story of a very talented violinist whom he actually had the opportunity to listen to in Saint Petersburg and whose miserable fate moved him deeply, judging by an entry in his diaries where he referred to him as a "genius maniac." Two stories in which the great Russian writer's prodigious talent for observation and detail shines.

In 1879 Tolstoy came to believe that his achievements and existence were meaningless, plunging him into a state of extreme pain and restlessness that seemed to lead him fatally towards suicide. Written in a vital period that marks a change in his aesthetic trajectory and leads him to the religious field, My Confession recounts this spiritual crisis in an intense and brief chronicle about a search for the truth that will transform his life and his thoughts. A text that, at the gates of death, reflects the depth of the reflections of one of the great authors of all time.

Hadji Murad is a short novel written by Leo Tolstoy. It was Tolstoy's final work. The subject matter is one Hadji Murat, an Avar rebel commander who, for reasons of personal revenge, forges an uneasy alliance with the Russians he had been fighting.