Resurrection

work by Tolstoy

Also known as: “Voskreseniye”

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Resurrection is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1899. The story follows Dmitry Nekhlyudov, an aristocrat who, while serving on a jury, recognizes the defendant, Katyusha Maslova, as a woman he once seduced. This encounter prompts him to follow her to Siberia, where she is imprisoned, and he resolves to marry her. The novel critiques the hypocrisy of the church and the justice system, and explores themes of redemption and spiritual awakening. Tolstoy used the royalties from Resurrection to help fund the emigration of the Dukhobors, a persecuted religious sect, to Canada.1

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Fiction after 1880 of Leo Tolstoy
…third long novel, Voskreseniye (Resurrection); he used the royalties to pay for the transportation of a persecuted religious sect, the Dukhobors, to Canada. The novel’s hero, the idle aristocrat Dmitry Nekhlyudov, finds himself on a jury where he recognizes the defendant, the prostitute Katyusha Maslova, as a woman whom…
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…third long novel, Voskreseniye (Resurrection); he used the royalties to pay for the transportation of a persecuted religious sect, the Dukhobors, to Canada. The novel’s hero, the idle aristocrat Dmitry Nekhlyudov, finds himself on a jury where he recognizes the defendant, the prostitute Katyusha Maslova, as a woman whom…
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