Tolstoy's posthumous short novel recounts the Caucasian chieftain Hadji Murad, who defects in the war between the Russians and the imam Shamil and is caught fatally between them. Spare and powerful, it is a late pinnacle of his art.
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1912 · Book · Public Domain
Tolstoy's posthumous short novel recounts the Caucasian chieftain Hadji Murad, who defects in the war between the Russians and the imam Shamil and is caught fatally between them. Spare and powerful, it is a late pinnacle of his art.