Rebirth (World Literature Library)

Author: Leo Tolstoy (Russia)
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Publish Date: 2001-03-30
Features: The Resurrection is a monumental masterpiece that Tolstoy poured his heart and soul into for over a decade in his later years, representing the culmination of his thoughts and artistry throughout his life. It exposed and criticized Russian society with unprecedented intensity, dedicating significant portions to revealing the darkness of the courts, prisons, and government agencies, as well as the incompetence, cruelty, and reactionary nature of officials and the law. Lenin aptly remarked on Tolstoy when evaluating him: "In his later works, Tolstoy launched fierce critiques of all modern state, church, social, and economic systems," achieving a "clear-eyed realism" that "ripped off all masks," becoming an "genius artist who created a masterpiece in world literature." On the other hand, he was a fervent advocate of doctrines such as "non-violent resistance to evil," earning the title of a "Tolstoyan" and being labeled a "degenerate, hysterical."