Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)
Author of Anna Karenina
About the Author
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828 in Russia. He is usually referred to as Leo Tolstoy. He was a Russian author who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Leo Tolstoy is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy's show more fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, and Hadji Murad. He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays. Tolstoy had a profound moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870's which he outlined in his work, A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. His ideas of nonviolent resistance which he shared in his works The Kingdom of God is Within You, had a profund impact on figures such as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. On September 23, 1862 Tolstoy married Sophia Andreevna Behrs. She was the daughter of a court physician. They had 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood. Their early married life allowed Tolstoy much freedom to compose War and Peace and Anna Karenina with his wife acting as his secretary and proofreader. The Tolstoy family left Russia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent establishment of the Soviet Union. Leo Tolstoy's relatives and descendants moved to Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the United States. Tolstoy died of pneumonia at Astapovo train station, after a day's rail journey south on November 20, 1910 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) Count Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 on the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana in the Tula province. He married in 1862 & was the father of 13 children. Tolstoy managed the estate of Yasnaya Polyana & ran its peasant schools, while writing his great novels, "War & Peace" (1869) & "Anna Karenina" (1877). He died in 1910. (Publisher Provided) show less
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Works by Leo Tolstoy
A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts (1997) 411 copies, 8 reviews
Anna Karenina (Movie Tie-in Edition): Official Tie-in Edition Including the screenplay by Tom Stoppard (Vintage… (2012) 247 copies, 9 reviews
War and Peace in an Abridged Translation Revised by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin (1949) 126 copies, 1 review
The novels and other works of Lyof N. Tolstoi. Volume 17: My Confession; My Religion; Gospel in Brief (1940) 54 copies, 2 reviews
A Very Russian Christmas: The Greatest Russian Holiday Stories of All Time (2016) — Contributor — 42 copies, 1 review
God Sees the Truth, but Waits (Creative's Classics) (English and Russian Edition) (1986) 42 copies, 3 reviews
The Gospel in Tolstoy: Selections from His Short Stories, Spiritual Writings & Novels (The Gospel in Great Writers) (2015) 40 copies, 1 review
War and Peace (Cambridge World Classics) Critical Edition (Annotated) (Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy / Complete Works… (2010) 33 copies
La Guerre et la Paix, tome 2 22 copies
Anna Karenina 19 copies
Verzamelde werken. Dl. 7: Toneelwerken 19 copies
The Cossacks and Other Early Stories (Wordsworth Classics) (English and Russian Edition) (2012) 18 copies
Senhor E Servo & Outras Histórias - Coleção L&PM Pocket Plus (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2009) 14 copies
Tales by Tolstoy: The Raid; Two Hussars; Three Deaths; Polikushka; The Death of Ivan Ilyitch; Two Old Men (1947) 12 copies
Quattro romanzi: La felicita familiare: Morte d'Ivan Ilic: La sonata a Kreutzer: Padre Sergio (1981) 12 copies
Leo Tolstoy: Collection of 78 Classic Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated)… (2013) 12 copies
A Felicidade Conjugal. Seguido de o Diabo. Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2005) 11 copies, 1 review
Civil Disobedience; Walden (selections); The Death of Ivan Ilych (Great Books Foundation First Year Course, VIII) (1955) 11 copies
Los mas bellos cuentos rusos. Prologo con resena critica de la obra, vida y obra del autor, y marco historico. (Spanish… (2008) 10 copies
THE COMPLETE NOVELS OF LEO TOLSTOY (The Complete Works Collection) CRITICAL EDITION: All the Unabridged Novels of Leo… (2019) 10 copies
Novelas completas: Felicidade conjugal, A morte de Ivan Ilitch, Sonata a Kreutzer, Padre Siérgui (Portuguese Edition) (2019) 10 copies
Thoughtful Wisdom for Every Day: 365 Days of Love, Kindness, Healing, Faith, and Peace (2021) 9 copies, 1 review
The Spiritual Works of Leo Tolstoy: A Confession, The Kingdom of God is Within You, What I Believe, Christianity and… (2016) 9 copies
Повести и рассказы 9 copies
La guerra y la paz II 8 copies
The Cossacks, Sevastopol, The Invaders, and Other Stories (The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi) (1977) 8 copies
War and peace, The authorized translation by Louise and Aylmer Maud; abridge, edited, and with an introduction by… (1966) 8 copies
Works of Leo Tolstoy. (50 Works) Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Resurrection, Hadji Murad, A Confession, The Death of… (2007) 7 copies, 1 review
Noveller 7 copies
Война и мир. Том 4 7 copies
Война и мир. Том 1 7 copies
[Essays On Life] Patriotism--Slavery of Our Times--General Articles in The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi (1928) 7 copies
Oorlog en vrede 2 (Rainbow pockets) 7 copies
ANNA KARÉNINE 7 copies
Relatos de Yásnaia Poliana: Cuentos para niños y El prisionero del Cáucaso (Breviarios de Rey Lear) (Spanish… (2010) 7 copies
The Collected Stories, Vol. I 6 copies
I capolavori (Anna Karenina - Guerra e pace - La morte di Ivan Il'ič- Resurrezione - La sonata a Kreutzer e altri… (2012) 6 copies
Tres novel·les breus: Mort d’Ivan Ilitx ― La sonata Kreutzer ― Hadjí Murat: 130 (El Club dels… (2023) 6 copies
Teatro 6 copies
Sebastopoli e altri racconti 6 copies
Contes et histoires vraies de Russie. Choix de textes extraits des " Quatre Livres de Lecture", 1869 - 1872 (1985) 6 copies
La Sonate à Kreutzer ; A qui la faute ? ; Romance sans paroles ; Le prélude de Chopin (2010) 5 copies, 1 review
Der Überfall und andere Erzählungen 5 copies
Dl. III-IV: Oorlog en vrede 5 copies
Anna Karenina (4/4) 5 copies
Tutti i romanzi 5 copies
Jutustused : (1852-1856) 5 copies
Selected Tales 5 copies
Tales of Sexual Desire: Father Sergius, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Devil (Capuchin Classics) (2009) 5 copies
The Memoirs of a Madman 5 copies
Esarhaddon, and other tales ... Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. With an introduction by Aylmer Maude containing… (1970) 5 copies
Рассказы 4 copies
Fables For Children. Stories For Children. Natural Science Stories. Popular Education. Decembrist. Moral Tales (2011) 4 copies
Obras completas . III 4 copies
Oorlog en Vrede 4 copies
Liev Tolstoi: Contos Completos, v.3 4 copies
LAPSUUS, POIKAIKÄ, NUORUUS 1 4 copies
LAPSUUS, POIKAIKÄ, NUORUUS 2 4 copies
Contos Completos Tolstói - Volume 1 4 copies
Guerra e pace vol. 1 4 copies
Volkserzählungen; Jugenderinnerungen 4 copies
Sõda ja rahu. Neljas raamat 4 copies
Sevastopol, Two Hussars Etc 4 copies
Romanzi brevi e racconti 4 copies
The complete works of Count Tolstoy. Vol.16, My religion ; On life ; Thoughts on God ; On the meaning of life (2015) 4 copies
Fortællinger 4 copies
Lugusid ja jutustusi (1872-1886) 4 copies
Basny, skazki i rasskazy ; Kavkaskiĭ plennik : kniga dli︠a︡ chtenii︠a︡ s kommentariem na angliĭskom… 4 copies
Racconti: volume primo 4 copies
Ma Religion 3 copies
The novels and other works of Lyof N. Tolstoi. Volume 14:The death of Ivan Ilyitch, and other stories. (2015) 3 copies
Guerra e Paz (Portuguese Edition) 3 copies
Razão, fé, oração: três cartas 3 copies
The Greatest Christmas Stories & Poems in One Volume: 150 Tales, Poems & Carols (Illustrated): Silent Night, Ring Out… (2015) 3 copies
OS GRANDES ROMANCES HISTORICOS 3 copies
Sõda ja rahu. Kolmas raamat 3 copies
Quale scuola? 3 copies
Furst Nechljudof : Kosackerna 3 copies
Les incontournables de la littérature en BD. Guerre et paix . Tolstoï. Tome 1 (2010) — Auteur illustré — 3 copies
Les Rayons de l’Aube 3 copies
Barndom og drengeaar 3 copies
Sõda ja rahu. [romaan] / 1. köide 3 copies
Les incontournables de la littérature en BD. Guerre et paix. Léon tolstoï. Tome 2 (2010) — Auteur illustré — 3 copies
Wojna i pokój tom I 3 copies
Jutustused : 1857-1863 3 copies
War and peace. Vol.3 3 copies
Näidendid (1886-1910) 3 copies
Sonata a Kreutzer 3 copies
Vojna a mír. IV 3 copies
Vojna a mír. II 3 copies
Kosackerna : berättelser. 2 3 copies
Sebastianopoli La tormenta 3 copies
Jutustused 1889-1904 3 copies
Babine, o tolo 3 copies
O Canto do Cysne 3 copies
In pursuit of happiness 3 copies
Contes et nouvelles - Tome I - D'où vient le mal - Le Filleul. Légende populaire - Les Deux Vieillards - Les Trois… (2013) 3 copies, 1 review
Infancia. Adolescencia 3 copies
Oorlog en vrede 3 copies
Lev Tolstoi - Short Stories 3 copies
The Complete Novels of Leo Tolstoy in One Premium Edition (World Classics Series): Anna Karenina, War and Peace,… (2018) 3 copies
The Great Bear 3 copies
Leo Tolstoy Short Novels, Volume I 3 copies
The Russian Proprietor, Family Happiness, Ivan Ilyitch and Other Stories (The Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi) (1899) 3 copies
Master and Man / The Kreutzer Sonata / Dramas — Author — 3 copies
War and Peace: 3-Volume Boxed Set; Introduction by R. F. Christian (Everyman's Library Classics) 3 copies
War and Peace Vol 2 3 copies
The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Vol. XIII: A Russian Proprietor, and Other Stories (1917) 3 copies
The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Vol. XV: The Long Exile, and Other Stories (1917) 3 copies
Church and State and Other Essays: Including Money; Man and Woman; Their Respective Functions; The Mother; A Second… (2017) 3 copies
Guerra e Pace 2 copies
Her Şeye Rağmen Sevgi 2 copies
The Collected Stories: Volume II 2 copies
Ivan the Fool; Or, the Old Devil and the Three Small Devils, Also a Lost Opportunity, and Polikushka (2009) 2 copies
Religiösa skrifter 2 copies
El amo y el servidor 2 copies
Danger Music: Ten Fables 2 copies
The Cossacks and other stories 2 copies
The Short stories of Leo Tolstoy 2 copies
The Essential Leo Tolstoy Collection 2 copies
איוואן איליץ' ואחרים 2 copies
War and peace 1 2 copies
Ein Verbannter und andere Erzählungen — Author — 2 copies
Kozaci 2 copies
Childhood ; Boyhood ; Youth ; The incursion ; A landed proprietor ; The Cossacks ; Sevastopol (1904) 2 copies
Yuddha Aur Shanti Vol. 3 2 copies
Yuddha Aur Shanti Vol. 2 2 copies
Yuddha Aur Shanti Vol. 1 2 copies
Great works of leo tolstoy 2 copies
Twee opstandigen 2 copies
Den store Uret 2 copies
Guerra e pace vol IV 2 copies
Furst Nechljudof 2 copies
Anna Karenina: Vol 1 2 copies
Au Caucase 2 copies
L’Argent et le Travail 2 copies
Lebensstufen 2 copies
Kosackerna : berättelser. 1 2 copies
Short Fiction 2 copies
Hadsji Murat och andra berättelser 2 copies
Racconti popolari: vol.II 2 copies
War and peace. Volume 3 2 copies
Kruh četby : vybrané, sebrané a na každý den roztříděné myšlenky mnoha spisovatelů o víře, životě a… 2 copies
Ana Karenina I 2 copies
The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Vol. XVI: Master and Man, The Kreutzer Sonata, Dramas (1917) 2 copies
Two Tales (Bilingual Russian-English with Facing Page Translation): What Men Live By, Put Out the Fire Before It… (1945) 2 copies
Tolstoy's Shorter Fiction Collection: The Death of Ivan Ilych, "Where Love Is, God Is", "How Much Land Does a Man… (2015) 2 copies
Obras Inmortales: Resurrección ; Sonata a Kreutzer ; Ana Karenina ; Los cosacos ; Iván el embécil ; La borrasca (1901) 2 copies
Vertellingen van Tolstoï 2 copies
Voskresenie : roman ; Rasskazy 2 copies
Krig och fred 3 2 copies
Dětství ; Chlapectví ; Jinošství 2 copies
DE QUANTA TERRA PRECIDA O HOMEM 2 copies
Tolv prisvärda 2 copies
Sõda ja rahu. Teine raamat 2 copies
A Critical Essay on Shakespeare 2 copies
Contos Completos 2 copies
Quando il cuore vive: sei racconti 2 copies
Sobranie sochineniĭ v dvenadt︠s︡ati tomakh — Author — 2 copies
Anissia e altri racconti 2 copies
Mindennapra : március 2 copies
Wojna i pokój tom II 2 copies
Anna Karenina (1/4) 2 copies
Leo Tolstoy: The Classics Collection [19 Novels and Novellas] (Golden Deer Classics) (2006) 2 copies
WAR & POLITICS Boxed Set: 200 : War and military Novels & Series, US Politics, Feminist Speeches & Novels, The Mueller… (2020) 2 copies
Maestros de la literatura universal. Tomo IX: Rusia, 2/ Tolstoi: Sonata a Kreutzer; Gorki: Caminando por el mundo;… — Contributor — 2 copies
The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy (34 Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy Including A Russian Proprietor, Anna Karenina,… (2015) 2 copies
Guerra e Paz - Série Clássicos da Literatura em Quadrinhos (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2016) 2 copies
Short Stories Volume 2 2 copies
Aabitsajutte 2 copies
Mesék [és elbeszélések] 2 copies
Tales of Tolstoy 2 copies
Contes i Faules 2 copies
Romanzi e racconti 2 copies
Anna Karenine, Volume 2 2 copies
The life and teaching of Leo Tolstoy; a book of extracts — Author — 2 copies
Guerre et Paix 4 2 copies
Guerre et Paix 3 2 copies
X 2 copies
DRAMEN 2 copies
Sobranie sochinenii [20 volumes] — Author — 2 copies
Sevastopol; Kozaki; Hadži-Murat 2 copies
Guerra e pace vol. 2 2 copies
Tres Grandes Novelas de Leo Tolstói: La felicidad conyugal, La tormenta de nieve, Relatos de Sevastópol… (2015) 2 copies
The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: The Long Exile, Master and Man, The Kreutzer Sonata, Dramas (1899) 2 copies
Poliksc'ka - La felicità familiare 2 copies
Letters and essays; Life; General index; Bibliography — Author — 2 copies
Drei Kranzkuchen und ein Kringel 2 copies
Fantasticherie (in Racconti vol.1) 2 copies
La vojo de l' vivo, cXapitro XXII 2 copies
De roggekorrel 2 copies
Punarutthan 2 copies
Tri rakontoj 2 copies
Die Kosaken 2 copies
More tales from Tolstoi 2 copies
Iván Ilíitsj's død Mørkets magt 2 copies
The crisis of civilization: A translation of the essay " On the Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria " (1965) 2 copies
War and peace. Vol.1 2 copies
A tortura da carne 2 copies
Das neue Alphabet. Ausgewählte Prosa aus dem Neuen Alphabet und aus den Russischen Lesebüchern 2 copies
Oppstandelse : første del 2 copies
Anna Karenina (3/4) — Author — 2 copies
[Novye materialy L.N. Tolstogo i o Tolstom: Iz arkhiva N.N. Guseva : so vstupitelnym slovom na angliiskom iazyke… (1997) 2 copies
Contes, récits, fables: Les Quatre Livres de lecture. 1869-1872 (Domaine Etranger) (French Edition) (2015) 2 copies
Мужик и водяной 2 copies
Obras Completas - Coleccion de León Tolstoi: Biblioteca de Grandes Escritores (Spanish Edition) (2015) 2 copies
Guerra e Pace. Versione integrale 2 copies
Guerra e pace, volume 04 2 copies
Three tales 2 copies
Gl Ivin (in Racconti vol.1) 2 copies
Казаки. Повести и рассказы 2 copies
Vláda tmy a jiná dramata 1 copy
Vojna a mír 1. díl 1 copy
Vojna a mír 2. díl 1 copy
Po plese a jiné prózy 1 copy
Ai governanti, ai preti 1 copy
Anna Karenin B. 3 1 copy
Verzamelde werken - 8 delen 1 copy
Vojna a mír I 1 copy
Ausgewählte Werke 1 copy
Oeuvres littéraires, t.2 : Récits de Sébastopol - La matinée d'un seigneur - Les deux hussards 1 copy
Tolstoy's love letters : with a study on the autobiographical elements in Tolstoi's work — Author — 1 copy
L'évasion 1 copy
On socialism — Author — 1 copy
Anissia 1 copy
Ai soldati, agli operai 1 copy
Petras Pirmasis. T. 2-3 1 copy
Ďábel a jiné povídky 1 copy
Oppstandelse b.2 1 copy
Čítanie na každý deň vybrané myšlienky mnohých spisovateľov o pravde, živote a správaní (2010) 1 copy
O bratru Palečkovi : Povídka 1 copy
Anna Kareninová. 1. díl 1 copy
Anna Kareninová. 2. díl 1 copy
Vojna a Mír : knuha 1. - 4. 1 copy
Povesti 1 copy
Anna Kareninová. I. 1 copy
Vojna a mír. I 1 copy
Petras Pirmasis. T. 1 1 copy
Cesta života : [1910] 1 copy
Versi (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Grisa (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
A letto (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Giuochi (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Il folle (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Il babbo (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Maman (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Ιστορίες 1 copy
ጉንዳንና ዋኔ - ተራቲ ተራት 1 copy
Odio (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Quattro (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Continua (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Masa (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
A Mosca (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Lutto (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Short Stories Volume 1 1 copy
Divino e umano 1 copy
Réponse au Synode 1 copy
Anna Karenina Roman 1. Band 1 copy
Guerra e pace, 4 voll. 1 copy
Il Regno di Dio e in voi 1 copy
Il cadavere vivente 1 copy
Qu'est-ce que l'Art? 1 copy
Destino di una contadina 1 copy
Le novelle della morte 1 copy
Άπαντα 1 copy
I Piaceri Viziosi, (Bacco, Tabacco e Venere) seguiti da "I due Pellegrini"- "Il primo distillatore"-"Parabole" (2010) 1 copy
Mindennapra : április 1 copy
Mindennapra : február 1 copy
Mindennapra : január 1 copy
Gli orrori del militarismo 1 copy
Racconti: volume secondo 1 copy
La mia vita 1 copy
Taccuini per Anna Karenina 1 copy
Tolstoi contro Shakespeare 1 copy
Volodja (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Papà (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Vojna in mir 3 1 copy
Guerra e pace: vol. 3. 1 copy
Guerra e pace: vol. 1 1 copy
Advice to a Draftee 1 copy
Suchman (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
Il lepre (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
Lucerna (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
1 - Racconti popolari 1 copy
Πολικούσκα 1 copy
Kumpulan cerita Leo Tolstoy 1 copy
Tsarstvo Bozie v nutri vas, ili hristiqnstvo ne kak misticeskoe ucenie, a kak novoe zizneponimanie 1 copy
Samlade Verk 1 copy
La morte di Ivan Il'ǐc 1 copy
La fiaba di Ivan lo scemo 1 copy
Gyónás, napló - levelek 1 copy
Guerra e pace, volume 02 1 copy
Contes russes 1 copy
Az életről 1 copy
o diavolos. polikouska. pater sergios. oikogeneiaki eutychia. o thanatos tou ivan ilits (1989) 1 copy
Il diavolo racconti d'autore 1 copy
Albert (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
La nonna (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Regole (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Io (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
L'orgia (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
L'amore (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Dmitrij (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
L'alcool et le tabac 1 copy
"Хождение по мукам. В 2-х томах"The Road to Calvary. In 2 volumes .Khozhdenie po mukam. V 2-kh… (2014) 1 copy
Sunset of the Sabertooth 1 copy
Guerre et paix, tomes 1 1 copy
Hóvihar 1 copy
Bál után 1 copy
Ivan Iljics halála. Benne: Szevasztopol december havában, Szevasztopol májusban, Szevasztopol 1855 augusztusában,… 1 copy, 1 review
I. Péter 1 copy
Tolstoj : Werke [aus der Reihe: Die großen Klassiker – Literatur der Welt in Bildern, Texten, Daten] (1981) 1 copy
Guerra e Paz - Volume I 1 copy
LEÓN TOLSTOI Obra Completa 1 copy
Complete Works Volume 12 1 copy
Complete Works Volume 7 1 copy
Complete Works Volume 11 1 copy
Complete Works Volume 6 1 copy
War and Peace (Annotated) by Graf Leo Tolstoy: The Unabridged Aylmer and Louise Maude Translation 1 copy
দুটি বড়ো গল্প 1 copy
Teatro 1 copy
戦争と平和 (4) (新潮文庫) 1 copy
戦争と平和 (1) (新潮文庫) 1 copy
戦争と平和1 1 copy
Posthumous Works Vol II 1 copy
戦争と平和2 1 copy
A great iniquity 1 copy
The end of the age 1 copy
Lyof Tolstoy: An anthology; 1 copy
戦争と平和3 1 copy
El sitio de Sebastopol 1 copy
アンナ・カレーニナ 3 1 copy
戦争と平和6 1 copy
戦争と平和5 1 copy
戦争と平和4 1 copy
Nouvelles de tolstoï 1 copy
Три медведя 1 copy
Два Товарища. Басни 1 copy
Русский мир 1 copy
Obras 1 copy
War and peace 2 1 copy
Anna Karenina Bind 3 1 copy
Anna Karenina Bind 2 1 copy
Anna Karenina Vol II 1 copy
Anna Karenina Vol I 1 copy
İlk Gençlik 1 copy
Novels by Leo Tolstoy (Study Guide): War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Hadji Murat, Resurrection, the Cossacks, Childhood,… (2010) 1 copy
Khristanstvo i tserkov 1 copy
My Religion; On Life 1 copy
HAXHI MURATI 1 copy
O Patinho que pescou a Lua 1 copy
Great Stories by Tolstoy 1 copy
Obras León Tolstoi Tomo I ( El poder de las tinieblas, Los frutos de la civilización, El vagabundo, El mujik y el… (1973) 1 copy
Guerra y paz. Natacha 1 copy
Der arme Paul 1 copy
Мать 1 copy
Ana Karênica 1 copy
Tutte le opere 1 copy
Teatro 1 copy
Άννα Καρένινα 1 copy
Anna Karenina 1 copy
Книга для детей 1 copy
Холстомер 1 copy
Vishaada Sangeetam 1 copy
Guerra e paz 1 copy
Il secondo libro di lettura 1 copy
livre de lecture 1 copy
" Literatura, iskusstvo". 1 copy
Über Kunst und Literatur — Author — 1 copy
Samajik Kuritiyan 1 copy
The Kingdom Of God is Within You, Christianity and Patriotism, Miscellanies: Translated From The Original Russian And… (2019) 1 copy
Racconti e ricordi 1 copy
Childhood Adolescence Youth 1 copy
Stories 1 copy
Hum Karein Kya? 1 copy
Krig og Fred 1 1 copy
Yudh Aur Shanti, Khand-4 1 copy
Meri Mukti ki Kahani 1 copy
Jeevan Sadhana 1 copy
Dharma aur Sadachar 1 copy
Buraai Kaise Mite 1 copy
Isha ki Sikhavan 1 copy
Stree aur Purush 1 copy
War and Peace2 1 copy
War and Peace 3 1 copy
Tolstoy Bütün Eserleri 3: 1857 - 1863 Üç Ölüm, Aile Mutluluğu, Kazaklar, Polikuşka, Dekabristler (Turkish… (2019) 1 copy
COCUKLUK VE ERGENLIK YILLARI 1 copy
Tolstoy's Short Stories 1 copy
Anna Karenina (abridged) 1 copy
L'Église Et I'état, Et, les Événements Actuels en Russie (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 1 copy
Gençlik II 1 copy
Anna karénine, tome second 1 copy
Anna Karenina 1 copy
Lipuniushka 1 copy
LEO TOLSTOY ANNA KARENINA 1 copy
La Guerre et la Paix, tome 1 de Léon Tolstoï,Boris de Schloezer (Traduction) ( 30 juin 2002 ) 1 copy
Stories & Dramas 1 copy
Anna Karénine tome 1 1 copy
Anna Karenina II 1 copy
Anna Karenina, Vol. 4 1 copy
False Science 1 copy
Works, Volumes 11-12 1 copy
Anna Karenina Vol. II 1 copy
Force 1 copy
Παιδικά διηγήματα 1 copy
Bühnenwerke 1 copy
ANA KARENINA 2 1 copy
ANA KARENINA 1 1 copy
Deux générations 1 copy
Stories for children 1 copy
Oorlog en vrede Deel IV 1 copy
Oorlog en vrede Deel III 1 copy
Oorlog en vrede Deel II 1 copy
Orlog en vrede deel 1 1 copy
Приказни од природата 1 copy
Religion and Morality 1 copy
The Long Exile 1 copy
Guerra e pace - Volume terzo 1 copy
Guerra e pace III 1 copy
La guerra e la pace I volume 1 copy
War and Peace (5/5) 1 copy
I Cosacchi - La cedola falsa 1 copy
Il regno di Dio è in Voi 1 copy
Povesti i rasskasi, voll. 2 1 copy
War and Peace (4/5) 1 copy
War and Peace (3/5) 1 copy
War and Peace (2/5) 1 copy
War and Peace (1/5) 1 copy
Insan Ne Ile Yasar? 1 copy
GENÇLİK 1 copy
Auswahl aus dem Tagebuch 1 copy
Anna Karenina III. 1 copy
Tolstoy - Bütün Eserleri 3 1 copy
Lev Tolstoy - Öyküler 1 copy
Üç Ölüm: Klasikler 1 copy
Bir Gencin Drami 1 copy
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A Morte de Ivan Ilitch 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Tolstoy, Leo
- Legal name
- Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich
- Other names
- Толстой, Лев Николаевич
Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich
Tolstoi, Leo N. - Birthdate
- 1828-09-09
1828-08-28 (OS) - Date of death
- 1910-11-20
1910-11-07 (OS) - Burial location
- Tolstoy Home, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula, Russia
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birthplace
- Yasnaya Polyana, Tula, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Astapovo, Ryazan, Russian Empire
- Cause of death
- pneumonia
- Places of residence
- Tula Region, Shchekino District, Russian Empire
Moscow, Russian Empire
Kazan, Russian Empire - Education
- University of Kazan
- Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer
playwright - Relationships
- Tolstoy, Sophia (wife)
Tolstoy, Alexandra (daughter)
Tolstoy, Tatyana (daughter)
Tolstaya, Tatyana (great-grandniece)
Tolstoy, Ilia (son)
Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich (second cousin) - Short biography
- Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received multiple nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and nominations for Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902 and 1910 and the fact that he never won is a major Nobel prize controversy.
Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852–1856), and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Family Happiness (1859), and Hadji Murad (1912). He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays.
In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession (1882). His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), had a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Tolstoy also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George, which he incorporated into his writing, particularly Resurrection (1899).
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Tolstoy - Great Books of the Western World, Vol. 51 by Leo; Hutchins Tolstoy, Robert Maynard; Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
War and Peace
I mean, good lord, what can you say. I am a better human being for reading this book.
[Sophia Tolstaya] was real to him only when and because he wanted physical love; he became cold when he was sexually sated, and indifferent to her. The man—artist and husband, wanting to be a saint, on the path toward the renunciation of all power, all wealth, all violence—managed not to cut off his nose to spite his face. "A man," he wrote in a letter, "ought not to set himself the task of chastity, but only the approach towards chastity." — Andrea Dworkin, Intercourse
On Emotional Infection
The first lines of Eugene Onegin (that classic of Russian Sensibility) concern our hero's sick-unto-death uncle. Though Eugene is solicitous in this scene, this only shows that the moribund might — to a certain extent — still have some use for us. It seems the wealthy uncle on his deathbed has a quality in common with the moribund theory of aesthetics: the unspoken anticipation of a transfer of power. Perhaps this explains the construction of Richard Pevear's preface to my edition of this text, which is remarkable in its impudence, "He wanted to purify art of all non-good feelings, all false and enslaving mysteries, all that is ambiguous, irrational, antinomic. He wanted art to progress towards – what? More singing and banging on scythes? More stories about chickens?" (28). I suspect even hardline "Tolstoyans" may have difficulty taking everything in 'What is Art?' "literally and seriously." Pevear recuperates Tolstoy's project by a retreat to an understanding of the text as a "psychological investigation." (This is also how Harold Bloom recuperates Shakespeare's worst excesses — the trick is that every "text" is "psychological.") Instead, I propose that one might read the What is Art? "literally and seriously" as a frank conception of the "Tolstoyan" project.
Perhaps the chief feature of character drama in Tolstoy is the Relapse. Even in Gogol (who is generally the better writer) an afternoon of sweaty scythe-work can change forever a chief character's "relation to the peasant class." Pushkin's Onegin is a steady traipse through the "stages on life's way" in a tragic romance sans-paroxysm. In Tolstoy, an infectious love for the peasant can be cured that same evening with a stroll on the Nevsky Prospect. We find these relapses in Tolstoy particularly "true" since they represent our experience of the cyclic return to "real life." Moments of infectious good-humor (albeit always already presaging a return to the quotidian) seem to reflect the Tolstoyan notion of "Art" described in this text: "Art is that human activity which consists in one man’s consciously conveying to others, by certain external signs, the feelings he has experienced, and in others being infected by those feelings and also experiencing them" (90).
What's interesting about art-as-emotional-infection is that it appears to invert, in its structure, the Tolstoyan "ethics" of chastity. The notion of an uneventful life punctuated by episodes of infectious excitement (followed by the relapse to Normal Relations) seems to be, pardon me, a direct analogy to the sexual relation. Ivan Ilyich who can only sustain a Christian Feeling when he is having his feet rubbed, finds his analog in Dworkin's gloss on Sophia Tolstaya, "cold indifference to her after intercourse, which changed only when he wanted intercourse again. This afflicts her marriage from its beginning until his death" (Dworkin, Intercourse). So perhaps it's not "Intercourse" that's the problem, but the fact of its cyclical recurrence. At this point, one might point to herpetic infection as model for the relation to art that arises from the periodic recurrence of, "others being infected by feelings one has experienced (and also experiencing them)." (Another parallel: The schmaltzy scene of peasant with his "Falcine" sickle has its corollary in the malarial "Falciparum," vector of cyclical fever.)
One of the highlights of this text is Tolstoy's amusing critique of the "artificial" use of leitmotif in Siegfried (186), though one would have suspected that the Wagnerian opera, constructed as a Gesamtkunstwerk ("total work of art"), would epitomize "infectious" art-work. This seems a bit paradoxical since the notion of "infectious feeling," which frees Tolstoy from the world of contemporary art criticism, gives no criteria for a negative judgment. No matter how "artificial" something might be, Tolstoy acknowledges, "one can get accustomed to anything” (150). We find that, in order to substantiate his ability to make judgments, Tolstoy declares a second movement: "Great works of art are great only because they are accessible and comprehensible to everyone" (151). So Tolstoy returns to the realm of art criticism that he had attempted to depart with the first movement, creating an enclosure for the critical art-object.
This is a problematic closure. (Least of all because one then wonders: For Tolstoy, are great works of art, in their universal appeal, like great works of Intercourse . . . excuse me, perhaps a question for another essay.) We are always already beyond the notion that a peasant woman's simple song, or "stories about chickens" have universal appeal beyond the "Russian Sensibility." (Lispector, of course, is the exception.) What is to be done when confronted by people without a (Russian) Soul; moreover, what of that quantity of persons who don't experience the "infectious feeling" in their Body. Should Tolstoy dismiss his Art or denigrate the critic whose mere existence brings his theory of total "accessibility" into question. Of course, we already have a model for a squabble over inconsequential matters (e.g. Art) between two parties that want to annihilate each other, though they really both want the same thing, i.e. the marital struggle. So we suspect Tolstoy would exclude these critics with the same fervor and indifference he employed in his marriage to Sophia Tolstaya. It seems writers like Tolstoy always have a phrase at hand for Critics who are "unloving" (soul-less) and "unfuckable" (dis-embodied): Frigid Bitches.… (more)
Wow Mr. LT how do you manage to weave such immense emotions and depth in a short number of pages?
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