Resurrection (1899) is the last of Tolstoy`s major novels. It tells the story of a nobleman`s attempt to redeem the suffering his youthful philandering inflicted on a peasant girl who ends up a prisoner in Siberia.
Tolstoy`s vision of redemption achieved through loving forgiveness, and his condemnation of violence, dominate the novel. An intimate, psychological tale of guilt, anger, and forgiveness, Resurrection is at the same time a panoramic description of social life in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, reflecting its author`s outrage at the social injustices of the world in which he lived.
This edition, which updates a classic translation, has explanatory notes and a substantial introduction based on the most recent scholarship in the field.