Critic Olga Matich draws a comparison between this book's description of a severed limb and the "whitehand" of a later novel's character Speransky. The second component of this collection declares that truth isthe only hero of the book, and the first component of this collection narrates the amputation of an arm inthe second person. In this book, Praskukhin is unable to move when a lit shell lands at his feet and is killed,lamenting the twelve rubles he owes to Captain Mikhailov, who attains glory after leading a capture of atrench without bayonets. The three components of this book are titled for the months in which they are set,December, May, and August of 1854 and 1855. For 10 points, ide
Critic Olga Matich draws a comparison between this book's description of a severed limb and the "whitehand" of a later novel's character Speransky. The second component of this collection declares that truth isthe only hero of the book, and the first component of this collection narrates the amputation of an arm inthe second person. In this book, Praskukhin is unable to move when a lit shell lands at his feet and is killed,lamenting the twelve rubles he owes to Captain Mikhailov, who attains glory after leading a capture of atrench without bayonets. The three components of this book are titled for the months in which they are set,December, May, and August of 1854 and 1855. For 10 points, identify this volume which fictionalizesthree scenes from Leo Tolstoy's service at a Crimean War siege.
Critic Olga Matich draws a comparison between this book's description of a severed limb and the "whitehand" of a later novel's character Speransky.
The Sebastopol Sketches [or Sevastopolskiye rasskazy; or Sebastopol Stores; "Sebastopol" and "Sevastopol" are interchangeable in all forms of the answer]