# The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852 Author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938 [Translator]; Maude, Louise, 1855-1939 [Translator] Genre: Category: Historical Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4761 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Cossacks%3A+A+Tale+of+1852+Tolstoy&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary All is quiet in Moscow. The squeak of wheels is seldom heard in the snow-covered street. There are no lights left in the windows and the street lamps have been extinguished. Only the sound of bells, borne over the city from the church towers, suggests the approach of morning. The streets are deserted. At rare intervals a night-cabman’s sledge kneads up the snow and sand in the street as the driver makes his way to another corner where he falls asleep while waiting for a fare. An old woman passes by on her way to church, where a few wax candles burn with a red light reflected on the gilt mountings of the icons. Workmen are already getting up after the long winter night and going to their w... ## Chapters - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 42](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/42/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/40/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 41](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/41/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cossacks-a-tale-of-1852-4761/chapters/39/index.md)