Résumé
Résumé de Bêtes, hommes et dieux
Free for 3 months
Get the full summary of Bêtes, hommes et dieux, free
- 200,000+ classics as eBooks, audiobooks and 15-minute summaries, and print and large print at cost
- Up to 5 readers in your home on one plan
À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
You will enjoy this if you love true adventure, wilderness survival, and journeys through lands few outsiders have seen. It also suits readers curious about Mongolian monasteries and the Russian Revolution.
De quoi parle ce livre ?
Picture a half-burned hut in a Siberian forest. A hunted man shelters inside, passing himself off as a hunter. Then the door flies open, steam pours out, and a tall stranger with an ax stands in the cloud.
That is how Beasts, Men and Gods begins. Ferdynand Ossendowski, a Polish scientist, flees the revolutionary committee of Krasnoyarsk in 1920 and keeps running for a year and a half. His eyewitness book follows him through Urianhai, Mongolia and Tibet to the sacred city of Urga.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A hunted man becomes a trapperFree
- 2A prospector's fire defeats the Siberian cold
- 3Alone in the taiga, work keeps the mind sound
- 4A thawing river carries the revolution's dead
- 5Peaceful Soyots, bloody swamps, and a freezing river
- 6A healer's gift opens doors and a vision opens a pass
- 7Across the Gobi and into a Tibetan ambush
- 8Uliassutai tests the writer's nerve and wits
- 9Baron Ungern, the bloody general, counts his own days
- 10The Living Buddha, Agharti, and how to read the legends
Point clé 1 sur 10
A hunted man becomes a trapper
Early in 1920 Ossendowski learns that twenty Red soldiers have surrounded his house in Krasnoyarsk. He borrows an old hunting suit and hurries through back streets to the open road. He buys an ax, a knife and a rifle, and settles in an abandoned, half-burned hut.
Five days later he returns to find two Bolshevik soldiers inside. He plays a simple hunter, shares their tea and hides who he is.
Late that night the door opens again. A tall, gaunt peasant steps out of the steam with a rifle ready and an ax in his belt. In the morning Ivan rides off with the soldiers, and shots ring through the woods. By evening he is back with three rifles, two horses and a laugh. He offers to guide the writer somewhere safer.
When danger comes, read people closely and keep your nerve.
That’s 1 of 10 key points.
The rest of the summary, written and spoken, and the whole book: free to start.
- Nothing to pay today · Renews every year
- We email you before you pay
- Cancel online in two clicks
Take this summary with you
Send to Kindle downloads the file and opens Amazon's page: drop the file there.
Go deeper: the whole of Bêtes, hommes et dieux
About 5 h 30 min to read.Commencez 90 jours gratuitsPaperback, hardcover and large print, printed for you at cost, are on their way.Email me when it is printed
Who’s who
- Ferdynand Ossendowski
- A Polish scientist and writer, he narrates his escape from the Bolsheviks through Siberia and Mongolia.
- Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
- A White Russian officer commanding forces in Mongolia, he is a powerful figure encountered by Ossendowski.
- King of the World
- The legendary ruler of hidden Agharti, he appears in Buddhist beliefs that Ossendowski reports from his travels.
About this edition
Every format is free to start, and print and large print are at cost.
- LengthAbout 74,800 words
- Reading timeAbout 5 h 15 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 10 other languages
Questions about Bêtes, hommes et dieux
What is Beasts, Men and Gods about?
It is Ferdynand Ossendowski's account of fleeing Bolshevik Siberia in 1920, living as a trapper, and travelling through Urianhai, Mongolia and Tibet. It also describes Baron Ungern, Mongolian monasteries and the legend of a hidden kingdom.
Who was Baron Ungern in Beasts, Men and Gods?
Baron Ungern von Sternberg was a Russian general who fought for Mongolian independence and freed the Living Buddha in Urga. The author meets him in 1921 and portrays a stern, mystical man who trusts almost no one.
What is Agharti and the King of the World?
Agharti is an underground kingdom of sages that Mongolian and Tibetan Lamas described to Ossendowski. Its ruler, the King of the World, is said to speak with God and guide the fate of peoples.
Is Beasts, Men and Gods a true story?
It is presented as the author's own eyewitness travel account of 1920 and 1921, first published in the early 1920s. Historical figures such as Baron Ungern appear, though scholars have questioned some details and legends in it.
What is the main message of Beasts, Men and Gods?
The book shows how courage, quick thinking and calm manners can carry a person through danger. It also records how revolution, belief and legend shaped Mongolia and Central Asia at a turning point.
Cite this edition
Ossendowski, Ferdynand Antoni. Beasts, Men and Gods. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/beasts-men-and-gods.
Ossendowski, F. A. (2026). Beasts, men and gods. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/beasts-men-and-gods (Original work published 1922)
Ossendowski, Ferdynand Antoni. Beasts, Men and Gods. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/beasts-men-and-gods.
@book{ossendowski2026beasts,
author = {Ossendowski, Ferdynand Antoni},
title = {Beasts, Men and Gods},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/beasts-men-and-gods},
note = {First published 1922}
}
Free for 3 months
Get the full summary of Bêtes, hommes et dieux, free
- 200,000+ classics as eBooks, audiobooks and 15-minute summaries, and print and large print at cost
- Up to 5 readers in your home on one plan
