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The Cossacks
Leo Tolstoy
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The Cossacks is an unfinished novel which describes the Cossack life and people through a story of Dmitri Olenin, a Russian aristocrat in love with a Cossack girl. This text was acclaimed by Ivan Bunin as one of the finest in the language.
The Cossacks is an unfinished novel which describes the Cossack life and people through a story of Dmitri Olenin, a Russian aristocrat in love with a Cossack girl. This text was acclaimed by Ivan Bunin as one of the finest in the language.
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'Well, and are you going to watch?' inquired the corporal, as though he had not heard what the other said.
'I did mean to watch tonight,' replied Uncle Eroshka. 'Maybe, with God's help, I shall kill something for the holiday. Then you shall have a share, you shall indeed!'
'Uncle! Hallo, Uncle!' called out Lukashka sharply from above, attracting everybody's attention. All the Cossacks looked up at him. 'Just go to the upper water-course, there's a fine herd of boars there. I'm not inventing, really! The other day one of our Cossacks shot one there. I'm telling you the truth,' added he, readjusting the musket at his back and in a tone that showed he was not jok. . . Read More
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For me as a programmer, going from reading most fiction to reading Tolstoy is like going from writing Java to writing Ruby. It just feels right, I feel more relaxed and at one with the world. I can't think of another author that apparently understands the thoughts and motivations of such a large swa
قزاق‌ها یک داستان روان و ساده از جوانی هستش که زندگی شهری رو با همه تجملاتش ترک میکنه و در جستجوی یک آرامش و صلح درونی در روستایی در بخش قزاق‌نشین ساکن میشه. گویا خود تولستوی در دوره سربازی تجربه‌ای مشابه داشته برای همین توصیفاتش از مناظر و زندگی و شخصیت مردم فوق‌العاده ملموس و خواندنی هستش. داستان
- الرواية سلسة، سهلة، تطغى عليها الإنطباعية والوصف الدقيق لطبيعة القوقاز وطبائع شعبه.
- تأخذك الرواية، بشخص بطلها اولنين، من "زواريب" المدينة الضيقة بعلاقاتها العفنة الى رحاب الطبيعة الواسعة وعلاقاتها الفطرية البريئة والساذجة، من الإختناق الى التنفس ومن التعقيد الى البساطة.
- تولستوي يوضح الفروقات في
“إن الإنسان لا يكون أنانيًا في أي وقت كأنانيته في لحظات الحماسة. فهو يتصور في تلك اللحظات أن لا شيء أجمل ولا أشد إثارةً للاهتمام من شخصه!”
“إن خيال المسافر يبقى مرتبطًا في العادة بالأماكن التي غادرها”.
“ما أكثر ما في الإنسان من دناءات إذا نحن أنعمنا النظر وأحسنّا التفكير فيها!”.
ليو تولستوي.
كم أحب تولستوي ...
" تصلني من روسيا رسائل تعبرعن الشفقة علي والرثاء لحالي ، انهم يخافون علي أن أفنى مدفونا في هذا الركن النائي من الأرض يقولون عني أنه سوف يختبل ويبتله ويفقد الاهتمام بكل شيء "
" لابد للمرء أن يكون قد عرف بالمعاناة مرة واحدة على الأقل ماهي الحياة في كل جمالها الطبيعي يجب أن يكون قد را
Charming, but with a caveat...
The great charm of this first full-fledged novel of Tolstoy (1863) of course is the setting: like some of his short stories the panoramic view of the mountainous Caucasus area is breathtaking, and Tolstoy really lets it come into its own. In essence this is a love story