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"The Awakening" by Leo Tolstoy is a novel published in 1899. A nobleman serving on a jury recognizes the defendant—a prostitute accused of murder—as a young woman he seduced and abandoned years earlier. Confronting his guilt, he attempts to help her as she faces exile to Siberia. His journey exposes him to a hidden world of injustice, cruelty, and human suffering beneath his privileged existence. The novel critiques Russian society, man-made laws, and institutional hypocrisy while exploring one man's search for redemption. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Smith, William E. |
| Title | The Awakening (The Resurrection) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(Tolstoy_novel) |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Diane Monico, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Forgiveness -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17352 |
| Release Date | Dec 19, 2005 |
| Last Update | Oct 16, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1072 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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