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2000., Modern Library Call No: Romance FIC Tolstoy Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed. Genre: Classic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Modern Library classicsSummary Note: In nineteenth-century Russia, the wife of an important government official loses her family and social status when she chooses the love of Count Vronsky over a passionless marriage. Includes an introduction by Mona Simpson, commentary, and a reading group guide.
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2002., Juvenile, Prometheus Books Call No: 891.73 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Prometheus's literary classics seriesSummary Note: Collection of some of Tolstoy's original stories for children, stories about his own childhood, and adaptations of fables from Aesop and the Hindu tradition.
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2021., Random House Call No: 891.7 SAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches each of these stories technically yet accessibly, and through them explains how narrative functions; why we stay immersed in a story and why we resist it; and the bedrock virtues a writer must foster. For the process of writing, Saunders reminds us, is as much a craft as it is a quality of openness and a willingness to see the world through new eyes. Funny, frank, and rigorous, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain ultimately shows how great fiction can change a person's life and become a benchmark of one's moral and ethical beliefs"--
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2002, Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nikolai asks his animal friends to help him answer three important questions: "When is the best time to do things?" "Who is the most important?" and "What is the right thing to do?"
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2002., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Cat ResiliencySummary Note: Nikolai asks his animal friends to help him answer three important questions: "When is the best time to do things?" "Who is the most important?" and "What is the right thing to do?"
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2006, c2005., Penguin Books Call No: 891.73 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Penguin classics deluxe edition
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c1928, W.J. Black Call No: HISTORICAL F TOL Edition: 1 v. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tales -- Anna Karenine (abridged) -- The Kreutzer Sonata -- The Cossacks -- Tales.