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Leo Tolstoy: The Cossacks (unabridged)

Read by Jonathan Oliver

Leo Tolstoy: The Cossacks (unabridged)
Jonathan Oliver performs, rather than reads, varying the voices adeptly from person to person and among men and women, matching speech to how it’s described, providing the proper expression...

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Leo Tolstoy: The Cossacks (unabridged)

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Jonathan Oliver performs, rather than reads, varying the voices adeptly from person to person and among men and women, matching speech to how it’s described, providing the proper expression...

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Dissolute, disenchanted Dmitri Olénin decides to join the Army as a cadet and is despatched to the Caucasus. There, he is transformed by seeing how the indigenous people live in harmony with nature, how their lives have more meaning than those of the superficial social elite in Moscow, and he finds a new sense of self and purpose. But nothing is ever quite that simple. Love and loyalty are tested to the very limits in this semi-autobiographical novella, which is one of Tolstoy’s best-loved works. Translated by Aylmer and Louise Maude.

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Tolstoy: The Cossacks
Work length7:01:42
  • Recording Venue: Liberty Hall Studios, New Barnet
Chapter 1
Track length5:07
The man in the fur-lined coat…
Track length5:52
Chapter 2
Track length4:41
He meditated on the use…
Track length4:32
And now his farming and work in the country…
Track length5:52
And there, among the mountains, she appeared…
Track length2:51
Chapter 3
Track length3:17
The mountains and the clouds appeared…
Track length3:38
Chapter 4
Track length5:11
All Cossacks make their own wine…
Track length5:47
Chapter 5
Track length5:14
From the dairy chimney rises a thin cloud…
Track length4:58
Chapter 6
Track length3:55
Lukashka, who stood on the watch-tower…
Track length4:34
'What have you seen? Tell us!'
Track length3:48
Chapter 7
Track length3:14
'Get along with you! What a thing to make a fuss about!'
Track length4:20
Chapter 8
Track length3:48
The night was dark, warm, and still.
Track length4:07
'Time to wake them,' thought Lukashka…
Track length3:35
'I've killed an abrek…'
Track length3:27
Chapter 9
Track length4:34
The Chechen had been shot in the head.
Track length3:11
'Drink, lads! I'll stand you a pail!'
Track length3:36
Chapter 10
Track length4:52
'You should speak to the Chief of the Village!'
Track length3:28
'Good-day to you. Mother!'
Track length2:43
Chapter 11
Track length2:54
'He's kissed his dog and licked the jug!'
Track length3:54
Daddy Eroshka bowed down before the icons…
Track length3:17
Chapter 12
Track length2:44
'You, an old man – and say such things,' replied Olenin.
Track length3:19
Chapter 13
Track length4:22
'Have you come for long?' asked a woman…
Track length5:00
The soldiers passed by in silence…
Track length3:25
The approaching footsteps of a woman…
Track length3:49
Chapter 14
Track length5:52
Chapter 15
Track length5:48
Eroshka, rousing himself, raised his head…
Track length4:29
Chapter 16
Track length5:02
'May Christ save you!' said the old man…
Track length4:08
They were silent for a while.
Track length4:39
Chapter 17
Track length3:37
The dumb woman's face flushed with pleasure…
Track length3:51
Chapter 18
Track length4:48
Daddy Eroshka gazed at his feet…
Track length3:45
The cornet bowed, shook hands with Olenin, and went out.
Track length3:37
'But how about this? When I was walking up…'
Track length4:13
Chapter 19
Track length3:51
Having picked up the pheasants they went on.
Track length3:57
Chapter 20
Track length4:29
He felt his pheasants, examined them…
Track length3:51
He took up his gun…
Track length3:30
Chapter 21
Track length5:36
'Which of you is Luka Gavrílov?' asked the captain.
Track length5:04
Chapter 22
Track length5:01
It had grown quite dark…
Track length3:56
Olenin looked out of the window…
Track length3:48
Chapter 23
Track length4:22
Once during the summer…
Track length4:12
Chapter 24
Track length4:42
Olenin felt surprised that Beletski…
Track length5:02
It was growing dusk and Olenin began thinking…
Track length4:25
Olenin sent Beletski's orderly…
Track length3:50
Chapter 25
Track length3:42
Olenin no longer felt awkward…
Track length3:37
Chapter 26
Track length3:02
Olenin had entered into the life of the Cossack village…
Track length3:49
Chapter 27
Track length3:53
He darted into the yard past Olenin's very window…
Track length3:10
Chapter 28
Track length3:40
Olenin looked at him again, smiled, and went on writing.
Track length3:20
The peculiar sound of his voice made Olenin look round.
Track length4:15
Chapter 29
Track length4:23
The air above the vineyard smelt unpleasant…
Track length4:14
Chapter 30
Track length3:02
'Do tell me just this once what has passed between you…'
Track length3:31
Chapter 31
Track length3:29
He was ill at ease alone with Maryanka…
Track length3:06
Chapter 32
Track length4:00
Olenin recognised Nazarka, and was silent…
Track length3:19
Chapter 33
Track length4:10
'Three months have passed since I first saw…'
Track length4:14
'I tried to throw myself into that kind of life…'
Track length5:06
Chapter 34
Track length3:46
A few minutes later some visitors arrived…
Track length4:12
Chapter 35
Track length4:58
Beletski's hut looked out onto the square.
Track length4:51
Chapter 36
Track length3:09
Lukashka had appeared particularly merry.
Track length3:56
Chapter 37
Track length5:31
Chapter 38
Track length3:44
'Why did you not tell me sooner?' said Beletski.
Track length3:59
And through the darkness her eyes gleamed brightly…
Track length4:24
Chapter 39
Track length4:15
Chapter 40
Track length4:29
The men rode almost silently.
Track length4:30
Chapter 41
Track length4:37
The Chechens with their red hair…
Track length3:42
Chapter 42
Track length3:39
'Was it very painful?' repeated Olenin…
Track length4:12
'Listen to me, and keep farther away…'
Track length4:25

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Jonathan Oliver performs, rather than reads, varying the voices adeptly from person to person and among men and women, matching speech to how it’s described, providing the proper expression and emotions. His voice is strong; he’s best at Cossack men, especially the rambunctious Daddy Eroshka. The use of strong British accents to represent Russian accents, while reasonable for a British production, may strike American listeners as odd – but it’s the best way to go, and the distraction passes. This is an able reading of a fine, subtle work.
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