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"The Cossacks" and "Hadji Murad".(Book Review)
From: Radical Teacher
Date: 20050322
Author:Blaisdell, Bob
"THE COSSACKS" AND "HADJI MURAD"
In Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy
Translations by Louise and Aylmer Maude. HarperPerennial, $7.50.
"A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS"
In Walk in the Light While There Is Light and Twenty-Three Tales By Leo Tolstoy. Translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Orbis, $17.
After I assigned "The Cossacks," "Hadji Murad," and "A Prisoner in the Caucasus" to my second semester Freshman English class, a student complimented me on my artful selection of readings. "I see what you're doing," he said nodding sagely. "Israel ... Chechyna...."
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