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Hadji Murad

Author
Leo Tolstoy
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
4 hours 27 minutes
ISBN
9781802568646
Published
5 September 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Leo Tolstoy
  • war
  • Caucasus
  • biography
  • nobility
  • philosophical
  • psychological
  • epic
  • historical
  • all time classic

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Description

"Hadji Murad," Tolstoy's final masterpiece, dramatizes the true story of the eponymous Avar rebel commander’s defiance against the Russian Empire. Caught between loyalty to his people and the pragmatics of survival, Hadji Murad's struggle illuminates the brutalities of war and the complexities of honor, betrayal, and courage. With vivid character portraits and a keen eye on the tragic ironies of history, Tolstoy crafts a powerful narrative that questions the very nature of power, loyalty, and resistance.

Author

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was born to a titled family at Yasnaya Polyana, served in the Crimean War, and wrote the two novels that made Russian fiction a world event: War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The first holds a nation at war and at home; the second holds a marriage until it breaks. Later he turned from the worldly novel toward essays and moral tales, arguing with church, property, and his own fame. One hundred and six titles here.

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