Tolstoy's 'Resurrection' - Book review & discussion (spoilerfree)

In this video I discuss Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

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0:00 - What it's about
0:55 - Background info
2:09 - Characters
2:36 - My thoughts

[binglamb]

This is a Tolstoy work I have not read but now I want to. It sounds as if Tolstoy was expressing his personal journey through the last few years of his life.

[davidmccalip]

Hello Emmelie! I hope you are doing well. I read this book several years ago and I remember enjoying it. Sad thing is that since it was a while ago with several books read since then, so I have forgotten things about it. However, I do remember enjoying it and other Tolstoy books I have read. I look forward to your next video. Have a great day!

[Yesica]

I had barely heard of this one. Thank you for giving us a good flavor of what it's about.

[cathylindeboo.]

Oh, btw, I read this book when I was 23, decades ago. I felt spiritually lifted from it...

[MariaVivian-zn]

Hello Emmelie . New subscriber from Australia here. Many years ago I was a great Tolstoy fan and read everything I could find by him. I still have a high regard for him but I haven't reread any of his books for a while. I'm glad you reviewed Resurrection as it tends to be the 'forgotten' book of Tolstoy. I remember it as a very didactic book, rather more involved with pushing his 'philosophy' than writing a novel to be enjoyed as a novel.
I have only recently discovered your channel and enjoy it very much!

[Tim_with_Tomes_and_Tales]

I will not lie, Tolstoy has always intimidated me. Probably not a classic I would dive into, but I hope those that are up to the challenge to get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Happy reading, everyone.

[Oshinoougi]

Thank you!❤
Such a good review!
I wanted to show this book to my colleagues and you helped me alot🙏
Thanks again

[alexturtwig]

Just got this book definitely a page-turner, Tolstoy never lets the reader down

[cathylindeboo.]

I love your kitty grooming behind you.😊

[johnmrke]

I need to get on your level. My TBR is very high. I've been wanting to get back into Russian literature. I was thinking Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov but there is something compelling about the passages you've shared from Resurrection. Maybe it's the narrative of a jurist with his eyes open to the ills of the world. This is the sort of depth I would like to bring into my own writing.

[Heartonmysleeve-gjkp]

There are historical elements in this story that Tolstoy refashioned to celebrate the virtues of loyalty and devotion.

[richardfairley]

Hi! I've read both War and Peace & Anna Karenina but haven't got round to this one - I'll have to rectify that! 💓

[DIPLOMATCENTER]

Hey🤭..keep up the great work, still digging W&P👑

[DeadNetCord]

I read this book not long after finishing War and peace. My mistake was that I had expected it to be another, maybe a bit heavier-theme novel, which it wasn't. Once I realized it. i was hoping it would be fruitful for me as a Christian, but then again Tolstoy kinda distorts Christianity in the book. So yeah, I have mixed feelings on this one.

[PsychoKuno]

If you haven't read "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov, I would highly recommend it! Would be pretty cool if you did a video on it.

[ArthurKain]

Another book to be added to my physical library.

[gustavoproleon]

Your appareance is similar to Kirsten Dunst 😊 good review

[buzzselous]

Hello. For me this was more of a screed than it was a novel.