Hadji Murat
by Leo Tolstoy · Хаджи-Мурат
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- written 1896-1904, published 1912
- Form
- Novel
- Language
- Russian
- Length
- Short · 120 ppunder 120 pages
- Difficulty
- Moderate2 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendHadji Murat, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa VolokhonskyVintage Classics, 2012A clean modern translation of the late novella, published as a standalone volume.
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Tolstoy's last work of fiction, set in the Caucasus in 1851. Hadji Murat, a famous Avar commander, quarrels with the imam Shamil and defects to the Russians, hoping they will help him rescue his family, whom Shamil holds hostage. The Russians treat him as a curiosity and a bargaining chip. Tolstoy cuts between his hero, the Russian officers, the peasants, and Tsar Nicholas I, and ends with Hadji Murat's attempt to escape and his death, told first through a crushed thistle.
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