TOLSTOY, Lev Nikolaevich.

Resurrection. A novel.

London, The Brotherhood Publishing Co., 1900. Tall slim 8vo (207 x 87 mm), pp. [4], 495, [1] + 2 leaves advertisements; illustrated title-page; paper browned and a little fragile, small abrasion to verso of half-title with loss of a couple of letters; in the original publisher’s binding of wood-effect paper boards lettered in gilt on upper cover, some light wear but generally a very good copy. The second edition in English in book form. This authorised translation of Tolstoy’s Resurrection by Louise Maude was first introduced to English readers in instalments in the journal The Clarion, starting in March 1899. The novel was then published during the course of 1899 and in early 1900 by the Brotherhood Publishing Company in 13 separate parts, and in June 1900 the present edition was compiled from remainders which were bound up and published as one volume. An earlier one-volume illustrated edition appeared in March 1900.Great interest was aroused in English readers by the appearance of Tolstoy’s novel, the proceeds of which were to go towards helping the Dukhobors, a religious group, to flee persecution in Russia and settle in Canada. A notice on the reverse of the half-title announces: ‘The proceeds of this publication, made up of the original penny parts, will be devoted to the assistance of the Doukhobors, who are now settling in Canada. For refusing to participate in war, the Doukhobors have undergone, at the hands of the Russian Government, most terrible and outrageous persecutions, in consequence of which upwards of one thousand have lost their lives. For particulars, read “Christian Martyrdom in Russia,” edited by Vladimir Tchertkoff, containing a concluding chapter and letter by Leo Tolstoy.’Line, p. 46.

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