Rebirth (Essential Extra-curricular Literary Classics for Middle School Students)

Author: Leo Tolstoy
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Publish Date: 1989-10-01
Features: The Resurrection is a late work by the Russian literary giant Leo Tolstoy. It exposes and criticizes Russian society to an unprecedented level of intensity, dedicating significant portions to revealing the darkness of courts, prisons, and government agencies, as well as the stupidity, cruelty, and reactionary nature of officials and the law. Lenin aptly remarked when evaluating Tolstoy: "In his later works, Tolstoy launched fierce critiques against all modern state systems, religious institutions, social systems, and economic systems," achieving a "clear-headed realism" that "tore off all masks," becoming an "extraordinary artist who created a masterpiece in world literature." On the other hand, he was an ardent advocate of doctrines such as "resisting evil without violence," being labeled a "Tolstoyan"—a "decadent, hysterical."