The forged coupon /

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Author / Creator:Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
Uniform title:Falʹshivyĭ kupon. English
Imprint:London : Hesperus, 2006.
Description:xv, 96 p. ; 19 cm.
Language:English
Series:Hesperus classics
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6166673
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Other authors / contributors:Aplin, Hugh A.
ISBN:1843911353 (pbk.)
9781843911357 (pbk.)
Notes:Translated from the Russian.
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Summary:Tolstoy's final novella, The Forged Coupon is an ingenious study of the destructive powers of evil set against a brilliant depiction of Russian life. Inescapably in thrall to the power his crimes bring him, Stepan goes further and further down the path of evil, relentlessly seeking new opportunities to murder and maim. When, however, one of his victims refuses to surrender to him, instead dying with pity on her lips, he finds himself haunted by her image. Suddenly, he is faced with the choice of continuing a life of crime, or facing up to his actions and their certain consequences. Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, is one of Russia's greatest novelists.
Physical Description:xv, 96 p. ; 19 cm.
ISBN:1843911353
9781843911357