Hadji Murad (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486473666)

Tolstoy's novella blends fiction and historical fact to portray a legendary Avar chieftain who switched sides in the nineteenth-century Russo-Caucasian war. Inspired by the author's military service, Hadji Mur d offers riveting views of warfare and treason, murder and vengeance, and behind-the-scenes political plotting. An uncharacteristically brief story by the creator of War and Peace, it voices Tolstoy's pacifist beliefs.
This novella also provides a compelling depiction of the Caucasus, a mountainous territory between the Black Sea and the Caspian, prized for its strategic location and natural resources. Located at the crossroads of three empires -- Turkey, Persia, and Russia -- the region has long struggled with incursions by its neighbors and remains a troubled corner of the world to this day. Tolstoy's realistic pictures of life in a war zone raise enduringly relevant issues of life and death.

Author: Leo Tolstoy
ISBN-10: 048647366X
ISBN-13: 9780486473666
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2009
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.54w x 0.32d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.1
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 70079 / Hadji Murad