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Part 1: Prince Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky ("Stiva"), a Moscow aristocrat and civil servant, has been unfaithful to his wife, Princess Darya Alexandrovna ("Dolly"). Dolly has discovered his affair with the family's governess, and the household and family are in turmoil. Stiva informs the household that his married sister, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina, is coming to visit from Saint Petersburg in a bid to calm the situation.

El Sitio de Sebastopol (título original en ruso, Севастопольские рассказы, Sevastopolskiye rasskazy) son tres relatos cortos escritos por León Tolstói y publicados en 1855 para documentar sus experiencias durante el sitio de Sebastopol (1854-1855). El nombre se refiere a Sebastopol, una ciudad en Crimea. Estos breves "esbozos" forman la base de muchos de los episodios de la obra maestra de Tolstói, Guerra y paz. - Summary by Phileas Fogg

Boyhood by Leo TolstoyBoyhood is the second in Tolstoy's trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including Childhood and Youth, published in a literary journal during the 1850s. (Introduction by Bill Boerst)