Resurrection (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- First Published: 1899
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Justice, Prisoners, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Prostitution or prostitutes, Guilt, Trials, Russia or Russian people, Siberia or Siberians
- Locales: Moscow, Russia, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Russia
Places Discussed
Law court. Government court in which the prostitute Katusha is tried and sentenced for murder. When Prince Nekhludoff, acting as an officer of the court, first sees Katusha, he does not recognize her, since she is using the name Lyubov (which in Russian literally means “love”). When the judge demands to know her baptismal name, her patronymic, and her surname, Nekhludoff is horrified to realize that this is the same peasant girl he seduced and then abandoned many years earlier.
While many authors use the courtroom setting as a symbol of justice,...
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