Resurrection - Unabridged Edition - E-book - ePub

Serving on the jury at a murder trial, Prince Nekhludoff recognizes in a prostitute accused of murder the peasant woman Katusha Maslova, whom he had seduced ten years earlier, causing her ruin. As the prince faces the consequences of his actions, he decides to give up his life of wealth and luxury to devote himself to rescuing Katusha, even if it means following her into exile in Siberia. Oppressed by guilt, he works to save the woman and, with her, his own soul.
Resurrection, Tolstoy's last great novel, is inspired by an actual judicial affair, which is above all a reflection on the inevitability of evil, on the universal injustice of suffering, to which man can oppose only the prospect of individual redemption. Such as the one Katusha and Nekhludoff will find, each in his own way. Creating a vast panorama of Russian life, from peasants to aristocrats, bureaucrats to convicts, Resurrection reveals Tolstoy's magnificent storytelling powers.