The Prisoner of the Caucasus, also translated as A Prisoner in the Caucasus, is an 1872 novella by Leo Tolstoy written for his ABC book and composed in deliberately simplified language for rural children. Tolstoy based the story on an incident from the Caucasian War that happened to him personally near Grozny in June 1853, and its title alludes to Alexander Pushkin's 1821 poem of the same name. It is included in the English language collection Twenty-Three Tales. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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- Also in Language Atlas: English, original language there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Romanian, original language there.
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1. The Prisoner of the Caucasus (story) (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia: "originally intended for rural children, is written in simplified language"
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It is included in the English-language compilation Twenty-Three Tales.
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