Sebastopol Sketches

Sebastopol Sketches

"Sevastopol Sketches" ( _ru. Севастопольские рассказы, "Sevastopolskiye rasskazy") are three historical fiction short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published in 1855 [" [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/warandpeace/context.html War and Peace: Context] ." "SparkNotes"] to record his experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855). The name originates from Sevastopol, a city in Crimea. The book has also been released under the anglicized title "The Sebastopol Sketches" and is sometimes titled "Sevastopol Stories."

ketches

evastopol in December

In "Sevastopol in December," Tolstoy introduces the reader (by using the pronoun 'you') to life in Sevastopol by taking them on an introduction tour. The detailed tour is arguably similar to one Tolstoy may have been given upon arrival in Sevastopol in November, 1854.

evastopol in May

In "Sevastopol in May," Tolstoy examines the senselessness and vanity of war. The story examines the psychology of war and the misleading presence of humanism in truces (misleading because countries continuously go to war with one another, despite past truces). Tolstoy concludes by declaring that the only hero of his story is truth.

evastopol in August

References

External links

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=z5HlMSI-2UUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sebastopol&sig=oACHLa3-WWwiYhyhNQbZzzJB19g#PPA10,M1 Sebastopol Sketches] on Google Books


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