A dissolute young Moscow aristocrat seeks meaning among the Cossacks of the Caucasus and loves a village girl. Tolstoy's vivid early novel.
Books mentioned in The Cossacks (2)
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas: “Belétski himself, clean and good-looking, lay on the bed in his underclothing, reading _Les Trois Mousquetaires_.”
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo: “read the French masterpieces and understand them: _Notre Dame de Paris_, for instance, is sure to please her.”