Resurrection — Leo Tolstoy

In his final and most controversial novel Leo Tolstoy delivers a powerful indictment of injustice hypocrisy and the emptiness of privilege Resurrection tells the story of Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov a nobleman who is forced to confront his past when he serves on a jury and realizes the defendant Katusha Maslova is the woman he once seduced and abandoned As Dmitri seeks redemption and meaning he embarks on a spiritual and moral awakening that challenges the foundations of Russian society the church and the legal system Through this deeply personal journey Tolstoy explores themes of guilt forgiveness love and the search for truth Resurrection is a bold and compassionate novel that questions the very nature of justice and salvation It remains one of Tolstoy s most profound and socially conscious works

Resurrection 1899 is the last of Tolstoy s major novels It tells the story of a nobleman s attempt to redeem the suffering his youthful philandering inflicted on a peasant girl who ends up a prisoner in Siberia Tolstoy s vision of redemption achieved through loving forgiveness and his condemnation of violence dominate the novel An intimate psychological tale of guilt anger and forgiveness Resurrection is at the same time a panoramic description of social life in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century reflecting its author s outrage at the social injustices of the world in which he lived This edition which updates a classic translation has explanatory notes and a substantial introduction based on the most recent scholarship in the field

In his final and most controversial novel Leo Tolstoy delivers a powerful indictment of injustice hypocrisy and the emptiness of privilege Resurrection tells the story of Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov a nobleman who is forced to confront his past when he serves on a jury and realizes the defendant Katusha Maslova is the woman he once seduced and abandoned As Dmitri seeks redemption and meaning he embarks on a spiritual and moral awakening that challenges the foundations of Russian society the church and the legal system Through this deeply personal journey Tolstoy explores themes of guilt forgiveness love and the search for truth Resurrection is a bold and compassionate novel that questions the very nature of justice and salvation It remains one of Tolstoy s most profound and socially conscious works

Resurrection 1899 is the last of Tolstoys major novels It tells the story of a noblemans attempt to redeem the suffering his youthful philandering inflicted on a peasant girl who ends up a prisoner in Siberia Tolstoys vision of redemption achieved through loving forgiveness and his condemnation of violence dominate the novel An intimate psychological tale of guilt anger and forgiveness Resurrection is at the same time a panoramic description of social life in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century reflecting its authors outrage at the social injustices of the world in which he lived This edition which updates a classic translation has explanatory notes and a substantial introduction based on the most recent scholarship in the field

In his final and most controversial novel Leo Tolstoy delivers a powerful indictment of injustice hypocrisy and the emptiness of privilege Resurrection tells the story of Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov a nobleman who is forced to confront his past when he serves on a jury and realizes the defendant Katusha Maslova is the woman he once seduced and abandoned As Dmitri seeks redemption and meaning he embarks on a spiritual and moral awakening that challenges the foundations of Russian society the church and the legal system Through this deeply personal journey Tolstoy explores themes of guilt forgiveness love and the search for truth Resurrection is a bold and compassionate novel that questions the very nature of justice and salvation It remains one of Tolstoy s most profound and socially conscious works

Resurrection 1899 is the last of Tolstoy s major novels It tells the story of a nobleman s attempt to redeem the suffering his youthful philandering inflicted on a peasant girl who ends up a prisoner in Siberia Tolstoy s vision of redemption achieved through loving forgiveness and his condemnation of violence dominate the novel An intimate psychological tale of guilt anger and forgiveness Resurrection is at the same time a panoramic description of social life in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century reflecting its author s outrage at the social injustices of the world in which he lived This edition which updates a classic translation has explanatory notes and a substantial introduction based on the most recent scholarship in the field