ISBN: 9781154013795

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ... ancient cloak, his extra pair of boots, and a little bundle, from which peeped a bit of cheese and the neck of a porter bottle filled with vodka, which had been prepared for his use on the bastion, and all at once he remembered that he was obliged to go with his company for the whole night to the fortifications. It is certainly foreordained that I am to be killed to-night, thought the staff-captain.... I feel it. And the principal point is that I need not have gone, but that I offered myself. And the man who thrusts himself forward is always killed. And what''s the matter with that accursed Nepshisetsky? It is quite possible that he is not sick at all; and they will kill another man for his sake, they will infallibly kill him. However, if they don''t kill me, I shall be promoted probably. I saw how delighted the regimental commander was when I asked him to allow me to go, if Lieutenant Nepshisetsky was ill. If I don''t turn out a major, then I shall certainly get the Vladimir Cross. This is the thirteenth time that I have been to the bastion. Ah, the thirteenth is an unlucky number. They will surely kill me, I feel that I shall be killed; but some one had to go, it was impossible for the lieutenant of the corps to go. And, whatever happens, the honor of the regiment, the honor of the army, depends on it. It was my duty to go....yes, my sacred duty. But I have a foreboding. The staff-captain forgot that this was not the first time that a similar foreboding had assailed him, in a greater or less degree, when it had been necessary to go to the bastion, and he did not know that every one who sets out on an affair experiences this foreboding with more or less force. Having calmed himself with this conception of duty, which was especially and strongly develope... Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolsto Volume 11 Books>Fiction and Literature The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 11; Original Publisher: C. Scribner's sons; Publication date: 1902; Subjects: Russian literature; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; Literary Criticism / Russian<

ISBN: 9781154013795

Leo Tolstoy,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ General The-Novels-and-Other-Works-of-Lyof-N-Tolstoi-Volume-11~~Leo-Tolstoy General Books… More...

Leo Tolstoy,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ General The-Novels-and-Other-Works-of-Lyof-N-Tolstoi-Volume-11~~Leo-Tolstoy General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 11; Original Publisher: C. Scribner's sons; Publication date: 1902; Subjects: Russian literature; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; Literary Criticism / Russian<

ISBN: 9781154013795

Leo Tolstoy, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books, Fiction~~General, The-Novels-and-Other-Works-of-Lyof-N-Tolstoi-Volume-11~~Leo-Tolstoy, 999999999, The Nov… More...

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