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Chadži-Murat by Leo Tolstoy

aberdeenwaters's review against another edition

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4.0

Who doesn't love some historical fiction written by Leo Tolstoy at the end of his life?

hushy93's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

masterormargarita's review against another edition

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challenging reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

mjfay's review against another edition

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4.0

I'm not going to critique Tolstoy or the Russian language translators, but boy, this edition by ebooks Adelaide could sure use an editor. I would certainly recommend a different edition.

yuliyono's review against another edition

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3.0

harus belajar cara baca-apresiasi klasik nih. selow, muter-muter, banyak karakter tetiba muncul-numpang lewat. penasaran tentang ending hadji murat-nya. terjawab, tentu saja, di bab akhir.
cukup banyak typo, terutama kata "dan" yang kayaknya harusnya dari, DAN ITU BUANYAKKK.
terganggu sama footnote yang ditaruh di bagian belakang buku, lebih suka langsung di bawah halaman.

"Hadji Murat selalu percaya pada peruntungan baiknya sendiri. Kapan pun dia melakukan sesuatu, dia sangat yakin akan berhasil---dan dia telah berhasil dalam segalanya."
--pg.42

peribahasa: anjing memberi daging kepada keledai dan keledai memberi jerami kepada anjing--keduanya jadi kelaparan.
"Semua orang menyukai adatnya sendiri."
--pg.184

dianlisa's review against another edition

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4.0

oh pak haji.. ngenes banget dikau.
versi terjemahan (indonesia) nampaknya kurang greget nih.

schloe_schlenderson's review against another edition

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4.0

so heart breaking, so well written, will not be seeing thistles the same ever again

makragic's review against another edition

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3.0

Hadji Murat chronicles the life of the eponymous hero who came to personify the resistance of the Caucasus to Russian imperialism. The work was published posthumously and reflects an anger and disillusionment with Czarism that perhaps explains why Tolstoy chose not to make the manuscript public.

Good read in general.

katerina273's review against another edition

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5.0

big man leo really ate with this one. distressing and very good. all the married russian women simping for hadji murád was quite amusing. the thistle flower :(. i am doing russian history at school and this was very interesting and informative. the tsar POV chapter was very insightful what was sir up to who let him be in charge it certainly wasn't God. my edition had so many typos omg it was hilarious. justice for that poor man!

sylviewolff's review against another edition

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3.0

read for russian history class. spent much of it confused. but it was short and pretty interesting. prob wouldn't read again but also it's like 100 pages idk