Father Sergius

Par : Léon Tolstoï
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  • Nombre de pages42
  • PrésentationBroché
  • Poids0.069 kg
  • Dimensions14,8 cm × 21,0 cm × 0,3 cm
  • ISBN979-10-418-1727-6
  • EAN9791041817276
  • Date de parution20/06/2023
  • ÉditeurCulturea

Résumé

" In Petersburg in the eighteen-forties a surprising event occurred. An officer of the Cuirassier Life Guards, a handsome prince who everyone predicted would become aide-de-camp to the Emperor Nicholas I. and have a brilliant career, left the service, broke off his engagement to a beautiful maid of honour, a favourite of the Empress's, gave his small estate to his sister, and retired to a monastery to become a monk.
This event appeared extraordinary and inexplicable to those who did not know his inner motives, but for Prince Stepan Kasatsky himself it all occurred so naturally that he could not imagine how he could have acted otherwise. His father, a retired colonel of the Guards, had died when Stepan was twelve, and sorry as his mother was to part from her son, she entered him at the Military College as her deceased husband had intended.
The widow herself, with her daughter, Varvara, moved to Petersburg to be near her son and have him with her for the holidays".
" In Petersburg in the eighteen-forties a surprising event occurred. An officer of the Cuirassier Life Guards, a handsome prince who everyone predicted would become aide-de-camp to the Emperor Nicholas I. and have a brilliant career, left the service, broke off his engagement to a beautiful maid of honour, a favourite of the Empress's, gave his small estate to his sister, and retired to a monastery to become a monk.
This event appeared extraordinary and inexplicable to those who did not know his inner motives, but for Prince Stepan Kasatsky himself it all occurred so naturally that he could not imagine how he could have acted otherwise. His father, a retired colonel of the Guards, had died when Stepan was twelve, and sorry as his mother was to part from her son, she entered him at the Military College as her deceased husband had intended.
The widow herself, with her daughter, Varvara, moved to Petersburg to be near her son and have him with her for the holidays".
Léon Tolstoï
Léon Tolstoï, de son vrai nom, Lev Nikolaévitch, est né en 1828 et mort en 1910 en Russie. Ce grand écrivain de la littérature russe passe son enfance en pleine campagne avec ses frères et sœurs. A 15 ans, il découvre les livres de Voltaire et Jean Jacques Rousseau et sera frappé par les thèses et idées de ces illustres auteurs français. Après l'arrêt de ses études, il s'engage dans l'armée et vit l'horreur des combats. Les guerres meurtrières et sanglantes auxquelles il a participé lui donne l'envie d'écrire des œuvres d'une grande richesse mariant analyses psychologiques fines et réflexions morales et philosophiques intéressantes. Parmi celles-ci, succombez à la Guerre et la Paix. Cette formidable fresque historique et réaliste retrace les guerres napoléoniennes en Russie en nous offrant une pensée pertinente sur la violence des conflits. Considéré comme culte, ce récit lui apporte énormément de succès et de reconnaissance. Écrivain torturé, il préfère pourtant la vie à la campagne plutôt que les mondanités que lui offre la réussite de ses romans. Ayant influencé nombre de grands hommes, parmi lesquels Gandhi, apprenez-en plus sur sa quête de justice sociale qui aura guidée sa vie. Parmi les philosophes du 19ème siècle ayant laissé une trace dans l'histoire, nous vous suggérons de découvrir la pensée de Friedrich Nietzsche dans Le gai savoir. Avec nos meilleurs prix sur tous les livres et la livraison à 0,01€, c'est aussi l'occasion rêvée de vous procurer l'œuvre phare et politique de Victor Hugo : Les Misérables.
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