Description
A disillusioned young nobleman, Dmitri Olenin, abandons the hollow routines of Russian society to seek a truer life among the Cossacks in the Caucasus. Drawn into local customs through friendship, hunting, and hard-won intimacy, he tries to reinvent himself—only to discover that belonging cannot be borrowed and that desire, pride, and conscience follow him everywhere. As Olenin’s relationships deepen and his choices carry real consequences, Tolstoy turns the landscape into a moral proving ground, probing what it means to live “completely” and honestly. Blending psychological realism with Tolstoy’s distinctive moral inquiry, this short novel explores identity, love, freedom, and the uneasy gap between romantic ideals and lived reality.
Available Editions
paperback
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published Jan 28, 2017
112 pages
ISBN: 9781542789110
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Details
First Published
1863
Language
eng
Translation
From: rus
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy.