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{{Short description|Novella by Leo Tolstoy}}
"'''Two Hussars'''" ("Два гусара" ["Dva gusara"]) is a novella by [[Leo Tolstoy]] published in 1856, and translated into English by [[Nathan Haskell Dole]]. This is a novel in which one generation struggles against an earlier generation, or Tolstoy's generation is in struggle against that of his fathers.<ref>{{cite book
"'''Two Hussars'''" ("Два гусара" ["Dva gusara"]) is a novella by [[Leo Tolstoy]] published in 1856, and translated into English by [[Nathan Haskell Dole]]. This is a novel in which one generation struggles against an earlier generation, or Tolstoy's generation is in struggle against that of his fathers.<ref>{{cite book
| year=2021
| year=2021
| url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Two_Hussars/0FAcEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22two+hussars%22&pg=PT97&printsec=frontcover
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FAcEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22two+hussars%22&pg=PT97
| title=Two Hussars
| title=Two Hussars
| author=Leo Tolstoy
| author=Leo Tolstoy
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| translator=Nathan Haskell Dole
| translator=Nathan Haskell Dole
}}</ref> Tolstoy translator [[Aylmer Maude]] describes the text as a "a rollicking tale with flashes of humor resembling [[Charles Lever | Charles Lever's]]."<ref>{{cite book
}}</ref> Tolstoy translator [[Aylmer Maude]] describes the text as a "a rollicking tale with flashes of humor resembling [[Charles Lever | Charles Lever's]]."<ref>{{cite book
| url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tolstoy/5Oo3AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22two+hussars%22+tolstoy&pg=PA84&printsec=frontcover
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Oo3AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22two+hussars%22+tolstoy&pg=PA84
| page=84
| page=84
| title=Tolstoy: A Critical Introduction
| title=Tolstoy: A Critical Introduction
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| publisher=Cambridge University Press
| publisher=Cambridge University Press
}}</ref> Russian and Soviet literary scholar [[Boris Eikhenbaum]] has suggested that the introduction to ''Two Hussars'' was actually intended to be in [[The Decembrists]], the incomplete novel that was supposed to be the following installment of [[War and Peace]].<ref>{{cite book
}}</ref> Russian and Soviet literary scholar [[Boris Eikhenbaum]] has suggested that the introduction to ''Two Hussars'' was actually intended to be in [[The Decembrists]], the incomplete novel that was supposed to be the following installment of [[War and Peace]].<ref>{{cite book
| url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tolstoy_and_the_Genesis_of_War_and_Peace/Ni5zDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22two+hussars%22+tolstoy&pg=PA33&printsec=frontcover
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ni5zDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22two+hussars%22+tolstoy&pg=PA33
| page=33
| page=33
| author=Kathryn B. Feuer
| author=Kathryn B. Feuer
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==Publication History==
==Publication History==


It has frequently been republished as a companion text to the novella [[Polikúshka (novella)| Polikúshka]], in 1950<ref>{{cite book
It has frequently been republished as a companion text to the novella [[Polikúshka (novella)|Polikúshka]], in 1950<ref>{{cite book
| url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Polikushka_and_Two_Hussars/N4__twAACAAJ?hl=en
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4__twAACAAJ
| title=Polikushka and Two Hussars
| title=Polikushka and Two Hussars
| year=1950
| year=1950
| author=Leo Tolstoy
| author=Leo Tolstoy
| publisher=Avon Publications
| publisher=Avon Publications
}}</ref> and 2010<ref>{{cite book
}}</ref> and 2010.<ref>{{cite book
| year=2010
| year=2010
| url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Polikushka_and_Two_Hussars/G3xO0LejmBAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22two+hussars%22&pg=PR3&printsec=frontcover
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G3xO0LejmBAC&dq=%22two+hussars%22&pg=PR3
| title=Polikushka and Two Hussars
| title=Polikushka and Two Hussars
| author=Leo Tolstoy
| author=Leo Tolstoy
| editor=Nikolai Tolstoy
| editor=Nikolai Tolstoy
| publisher=Wildside Press, LLC
| publisher=Wildside Press, LLC
}}</ref>.
}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External Links==
==External links==

* Original Text
* Original Text
** [http://www.revoltlib.com/?id=10284 ''Two Hussars''], from RevoltLib.com
** [http://www.revoltlib.com/?id=10284 ''Two Hussars''], from RevoltLib.com
** [https://www.marxists.org/archive/tolstoy/1856/two-hussars/index.html ''Two Hussars''], from [[Marxists.org]]
** [https://www.marxists.org/archive/tolstoy/1856/two-hussars/index.html ''Two Hussars''], from [[Marxists.org]]
** [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/leo-tolstoy-two-hussars ''Two Hussars''], from TheAnarchistLibrary.org
** [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/leo-tolstoy-two-hussars ''Two Hussars''], from TheAnarchistLibrary.org
** [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Two_Hussars ''Two Hussars''], from [[WikiSource]]


{{Leo Tolstoy}}
{{Leo Tolstoy}}

Latest revision as of 00:15, 20 March 2023

"Two Hussars" ("Два гусара" ["Dva gusara"]) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy published in 1856, and translated into English by Nathan Haskell Dole. This is a novel in which one generation struggles against an earlier generation, or Tolstoy's generation is in struggle against that of his fathers.[1] Tolstoy translator Aylmer Maude describes the text as a "a rollicking tale with flashes of humor resembling Charles Lever's."[2] Russian and Soviet literary scholar Boris Eikhenbaum has suggested that the introduction to Two Hussars was actually intended to be in The Decembrists, the incomplete novel that was supposed to be the following installment of War and Peace.[3]

Publication History

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It has frequently been republished as a companion text to the novella Polikúshka, in 1950[4] and 2010.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Leo Tolstoy (2021). Two Hussars. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. SAGA Egmont.
  2. ^ R. F. Christian (1969). Tolstoy: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge University Press. p. 84.
  3. ^ Kathryn B. Feuer (2018). Tolstoy and the Genesis of "War and Peace". Cornell University Press. p. 33.
  4. ^ Leo Tolstoy (1950). Polikushka and Two Hussars. Avon Publications.
  5. ^ Leo Tolstoy (2010). Nikolai Tolstoy (ed.). Polikushka and Two Hussars. Wildside Press, LLC.
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