Lev Tolstoi

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Masha, a seventeen-year-old orphan, lives in her family's old estate with her sister and governess. Her only respite is the visits from Sergey Mikhailich, the handsome estate administrator twice her age. Their quiet affection blossoms into love in this tender portrait of marriage and the phases of love, penned by Leo Tolstoy.

A personal experience of Tolstoy's own was the inspiration for The Snowstorm, which appeared in 1856 in the magazine The Contemporary. A blizzard surprises a traveler and his coachman in the Russian steppe and drives them astray. When the coachman decides to turn back, the traveler joins a caravan where he meets a series of diverse characters. An early work by the great Russian author that, in its brevity, addresses themes such as overcoming obstacles, vanity, and the search for recognition.

Una novela corta, pero de gran profundidad, que sigue siendo una lectura esencial para comprender las complejidades de la existencia y la universalidad de la muerte. Iv n Ilich, un alto funcionario que ha vivido conforme a las expectativas sociales y profesionales de su clase, se enfrenta a una crisis existencial al darse cuenta de que sus logros y su estatus no pueden darle consuelo en sus ltimos momentos de cara a una enfermedad terminal. Mientras su salud se deteriora, Iv n reflexiona sobre las elecciones que ha hecho y descubre la precariedad de su vida pasada. En esta obra maestra de la literatura rusa, Lev Tolst i explora la fragilidad de la vida, la b squeda del sentido y la inevitable confrontaci n con la muerte, al tiempo que nos invita a buscar lo que realmente importa antes de que sea demasiado tarde. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Tolstoy's most famous novella is an intense and moving examination of death and the possibilities of redemption. The story follows the life and eventual death of Ivan Ilyich, a high-ranking judge who becomes ill and grapples with his own mortality. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a masterpiece of psychological realism and philosophical profundity that has inspired generations of readers. Ivan Ilyich is a middle-aged man who has spent his life focused on his career as a bureaucrat and emotionally detached from his wife and children. After an accident he finds himself on the brink of an untimely death, which he sees as a terrible injustice. Face to face with his mortality, Ivan begins to question everything he has believed about the meaning of life. This thought-provoking and poignant tale explores themes of death, suffering, and the search for true meaning in life. Tolstoy's mastery of storytelling and profound insight into human nature make The Death of Ivan Ilyich a powerful and enduring work of literature.

Introducci n de George Gibian, profesor de la Universidad de Cornell Traducci n de Irene y Laura Andresco La historia de Anna Kar nina, junto a la de Madame Bovary, es la del adulterio m s c lebre de la literatura. El enamoramiento de la protagonista, casada con el alto funcionario Kar nin, por el atractivo militar Vronski y el estrepitoso romance que con l vive son el eje de una novela que es mucho m s que la pulida tragedia de una ca da en desgracia: es un esmerado y delicado retrato de todo un tiempo y un lugar, la vivisecci n de una sociedad en la que la felicidad de algunos convive con la desdicha de otros. El presente volumen se abre con la espl ndida introducci n del que fuera catedr tico en la Universidad de Cornell y estudioso de la literatura eslava, George Gibian. A ella la sigue la cabal y aclamada traducci n realizada por las hermanas Irene y Laura Andresco. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Introduction by George Gibian, Cornell University professor. Anna Karenina is a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against the backdrop of Russian high society. Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Although she initially resists his charms Anna eventually succumbs, falling passionately in love and setting in motion a chain of events that lead to her downfall. This classic is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels, - of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically, and there is much that evokes despair, yet set beside this is an abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures, and a profusion of comic relief. In this extraordinary novel Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together the lives of dozens of characters, while evoking a love so strong that those who experience it are prepared to die for it. This edition opens with a magnificent introduction by former Cornell University professor and scholar of Slavic literature, George Gibian. It is followed by the methodical and acclaimed translation by sisters Irene and Laura Andresco.

Anna Karenina es, junto con la monumental Guerra y paz, una de las obras clave Lev Tolstoi, en la que vemos todas las se as de identidad del gran realismo ruso: fina cr tica social y multitud de personajes con una profundidad psicol gica asombrosa. Las desventuras de Anna Karenina y su af n por integrarse en una sociedad hip crita que la margina por ad ltera, pero perdona los desmanes de su amante, nos hacen reflexionar sobre la invisibilizaci n de la mujer a la par que nos ofrecen un fresco monumental de la Rusia decimon nica y todas sus contradicciones. Together with the monumental War and Peace, Anna Karenina is one of Leo Tolstoy's most important works and a classic of Russian realism. It contains all the hallmarks of that genre, from pointed social critique to psychologically complex characters. Anna Karenina's misadventures and eagerness to integrate into a hypocritical society that condemns her for adultery, but pardons her lover's excesses, offer a portrait of nineteenth-century Russia in all its contradictions. It also encourages us to reflect on the way women are invisibilized in society.

A vegetarian himself, Leo Tolstoy believed that all human beings pursuing a righteous life should stop animal cruelty and become vegetarian. In his philosophical essays on the principles of vegetarianism, Tolstoy considers this diet as an extension of an ethical and moral life. His arguments are impassioned and eloquent, affirming that eating meat is an immoral act. This collection of his teachings aims to reveal this relevant and inspiring aspect of Tolstoy's life. Mucha gente desconoce que el autor de Guerra y paz fue un vegetariano convencido; alguien que consideraba que quien desee hacer el bien y llevar una vida tica y moral, debe empezar por lo m s elemental: dejar de causar el sufrimiento no solo de personas, sino tambi n de animales, y cumplir as con la ley cristiana fundamental: «no matar s . Esta selecci n de textos, traducidos del ruso por Joaqu n Fern ndez-Vald s y presentados por primera vez en lengua castellana, pretende dar a conocer este aspecto crucial de la vida de Tolst i, cuyas ideas inspiraron movimientos vegetarianos en todo el mundo. Completan la presente selecci n otros textos en torno al vegetarianismo escritos o compilados por el autor ruso, as como textos de sus hijos que, siguiendo el ejemplo de su padre, dejaron de comer animales.

Los mejores libros jam s escritos.«Todas las familias felices se parecen unas a otras, cada familia desdichada lo es a su manera. La historia de Anna Kar nina, junto a la de Madame Bovary, es la del adulterio m s c lebre de la literatura. El enamoramiento de la protagonista, casada con el alto funcionario Kar nin, por el atractivo militar Vronski y el estrepitoso romance que con l vive son el eje de una novela que es mucho m s que la pulida tragedia de una ca da en desgracia: es un esmerado y delicado retrato de todo un tiempo y un lugar, la vivisecci n de una sociedad en la que la felicidad de algunos convive con la desdicha de otros. El presente volumen se abre con la espl ndida introducci n del que fuera catedr tico en la Universidad de Cornell y estudioso de la literatura eslava George Gibian. A ella la sigue la cabal y aclamada traducci n realizada por las hermanas Irene y Laura Andresco. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "The best books ever written. The story of Anna Karenina, along with Madame Bovary, is the mostfamous story about adultery in all of literature. The protagonist, married to the high official Karenin, falling in love with the handsome Count Vronsky and their scandalous romance are the asiz for a novel that is much more than the polished tragedy of a fall from grace: it is a painstaking and delicate portrait of an entire time and place, the vivisection of a society in which the happiness of some goes hand-in-hand with the unhappiness of others."