Cover of The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy Audiobook The Cossacks
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The Cossacks

Author
Leo Tolstoy
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
5 hours 54 minutes
ISBN
9781802568585
Published
4 September 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Caucasus Mountains
  • cultural clash
  • personal growth
  • Cossack warriors
  • community
  • simplicity
  • existential quest
  • love
  • nature
  • Russian literature

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Description

Young nobleman Olenin seeks purpose among Cossack life in the Caucasus and falls for Maryanka, caught between cultures and the hunt for happiness. Tolstoy's portrait of desire against a wilder code of belonging. Spoken as when escape into simple living still leaves the heart complicated.

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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