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The Cossacks and Other Stories by David McDuff, Paul Foote, Leo Tolstoy

chairmanbernanke's review against another edition

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3.0

Interesting historical stories of life and experience.

michaelasreads's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

stolenpostit's review

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4.0

"Hadji Murat" -- Awesome. Definitely worth the read just for the parallel chapters on Nicholas I and Shamil alone.

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4.0


This follows a Moscow socialite who gets in some bother and leaves town. He winds up living in a Cossack village for a while, where the book is based.

Really enjoyed this. I've only read War and Peace by LT before, and that was a great story dragged down by all the philosophy of history bs. Because this is much shorter, Tolstoy can't go off piste. The characters are all really interesting, and it's a really good, tight plot.

8/10
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