Monday, March 2, 2015

Book Review: The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy

Written in 1863 by Leo Tolstoy, this novel is believed to be based on Tolstoy's experiences in Caucasus,the remote Russian country side, during the last stages of the Caucasian War. Olenin a nobleman joins the army as a cadet because he is disenchanted with his privileged life in the Russian society. Olenin befriends an old man named Eroshka. They hunt and drink together.

There at the remote post Olenin falls in love with a young Cossack woman who already has been promised to another man,a Cossack warrior. While spending his life in the Cossack land Olenin learns many lessons about his own life and about the nature of human psychology.

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