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
Series
Works by Leo Tolstoy
A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts (1997) 513 copies, 8 reviews
The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories (Family Happiness, The Kreutzer Sonata & Master and Man) (1960) 407 copies, 4 reviews
Anna Karenina (Movie Tie-in Edition): Official Tie-in Edition Including the screenplay by Tom Stoppard (Vintage Classics) (2012) 246 copies, 9 reviews
War and Peace in an Abridged Translation Revised by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin (1949) 142 copies, 1 review
The novels and other works of Lyof N. Tolstoi. Volume 17: My Confession; My Religion; Gospel in Brief (1940) 57 copies, 2 reviews
A Very Russian Christmas: The Greatest Russian Holiday Stories of All Time (2016) — Contributor — 46 copies, 1 review
The Gospel in Tolstoy: Selections from His Short Stories, Spiritual Writings & Novels (The Gospel in Great Writers) (2015) 43 copies, 1 review
War and Peace (Cambridge World Classics) Critical Edition (Annotated) (Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy / Complete Works of Leo Tolstoi) (2010) 34 copies
La Guerre et la Paix, tome 2 30 copies
The Cossacks and Other Early Stories (Wordsworth Classics) (English and Russian Edition) (2012) 25 copies
Tolstoy 23 copies
Verzamelde werken. Dl. 7: Toneelwerken 21 copies
Anna Karenina 20 copies
De quanta terra precisa um homem? e outras histórias (Portuguese Edition) (2021) 16 copies, 1 review
Thoughtful Wisdom for Every Day: 365 Days of Love, Kindness, Healing, Faith, and Peace (2021) 15 copies, 1 review
Novelas completas: Felicidade conjugal, A morte de Ivan Ilitch, Sonata a Kreutzer, Padre Siérgui (Portuguese Edition) (2019) 14 copies
A Felicidade Conjugal. Seguido de o Diabo. Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2005) 13 copies, 1 review
Leo Tolstoy: Collection of 78 Classic Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated) (Annotated Classics) (2013) 13 copies
Senhor E Servo & Outras Histórias - Coleção L&PM Pocket Plus (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2009) 13 copies
Los mas bellos cuentos rusos. Prologo con resena critica de la obra, vida y obra del autor, y marco historico. (Spanish Edition) (2008) 13 copies
Quattro romanzi: La felicita familiare: Morte d'Ivan Ilic: La sonata a Kreutzer: Padre Sergio (1981) 12 copies
Tales by Tolstoy: The Raid; Two Hussars; Three Deaths; Polikushka; The Death of Ivan Ilyitch; Two Old Men (1947) 11 copies
Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales (2011) 11 copies
Civil Disobedience; Walden (selections); The Death of Ivan Ilych (Great Books Foundation First Year Course, VIII) (1955) 10 copies
Повести и рассказы 10 copies
War and peace, The authorized translation by Louise and Aylmer Maud; abridge, edited, and with an introduction by Ernest (1966) 9 copies
The Cossacks, Sevastopol, The Invaders, and Other Stories (The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi) (1977) 9 copies
Oorlog en vrede 2 (Rainbow pockets) 8 copies
Tres novel·les breus: Mort d’Ivan Ilitx ― La sonata Kreutzer ― Hadjí Murat: 130 (El Club dels Novel·listes) (2023) 8 copies
Anna Karénina 8 copies
Война и мир. Том 4 8 copies
La guerra y la paz II 8 copies
Noveller 8 copies
Teatro 8 copies
Works of Leo Tolstoy. (50 Works) Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Resurrection, Hadji Murad, A Confession, The Death of Ivan Ilych, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Forged Coupon and Other… (2007) 7 copies, 1 review
Contes et histoires vraies de Russie. Choix de textes extraits des " Quatre Livres de Lecture", 1869 - 1872 (1985) 7 copies
ANNA KARÉNINE 7 copies
I capolavori (Anna Karenina - Guerra e pace - La morte di Ivan Il'ič- Resurrezione - La sonata a Kreutzer e altri racconti) (Italian Edition) (2012) 6 copies
Esarhaddon, and other tales ... Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. With an introduction by Aylmer Maude containing l (1970) 6 copies
[Essays On Life] Patriotism--Slavery of Our Times--General Articles in The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi (2007) 6 copies
Jutustused : (1852-1856) 6 copies
The Collected Stories, Vol. I 6 copies
Sebastopoli e altri racconti 6 copies
Tales of Sexual Desire: Father Sergius, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Devil (Capuchin Classics) (2009) 6 copies
Selected Tales 5 copies
Dl. III-IV: Oorlog en vrede 5 copies
Contos Completos Tolstói - Volume 1 5 copies
Der Überfall und andere Erzählungen 5 copies
Tutti i romanzi 5 copies
Twee opstandigen 5 copies
Guerra e pace vol. 1 4 copies
La Sonate à Kreutzer ; A qui la faute ? ; Romance sans paroles ; Le prélude de Chopin (2010) 4 copies, 1 review
Volkserzählungen; Jugenderinnerungen 4 copies
Obras completas . III 4 copies
LAPSUUS, POIKAIKÄ, NUORUUS 1 4 copies
LAPSUUS, POIKAIKÄ, NUORUUS 2 4 copies
Romanzi brevi e racconti 4 copies
Fortællinger 4 copies
Vojna a mír. I 4 copies
Racconti: volume primo 4 copies
Рассказы 4 copies
War and peace 2 4 copies
Sõda ja rahu. Neljas raamat 4 copies
Кавказский пленник : Рассказ ; Хаджи-Мурат : Повесть : [Для ст. шк. возраста] (2005) 4 copies, 1 review
Master and Man / The Kreutzer Sonata / Dramas — Author — 4 copies
Furst Nechljudof : Kosackerna 4 copies
Liev Tolstoi: Contos Completos, v.3 4 copies
Die Kosaken 4 copies
Short Fiction 4 copies
Lugusid ja jutustusi (1872-1886) 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
Relatos de Yásnaia Poliana: Cuentos para niños y El prisionero del Cáucaso (Breviarios de Rey Lear) (Spanish Edition) (2010) 4 copies
Jutustused : 1857-1863 4 copies
Contes et nouvelles - Tome I - D'où vient le mal - Le Filleul. Légende populaire - Les Deux Vieillards - Les Trois Vieillards. Conte de la région de la Volga - De quoi vivent… (2013) 3 copies, 1 review
Three tales 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
Quale scuola? 3 copies
Les incontournables de la littérature en BD. Guerre et paix. Léon tolstoï. Tome 2 (2010) — Auteur illustré — 3 copies
Fader og Søn og andre Fortællinger 3 copies
Ma Religion 3 copies
Iván Ilíitsj's død Mørkets magt 3 copies
Barndom og drengeaar 3 copies
Hb̀or ︢š bǩe 3 copies
Sevastopol, Two Hussars Etc 3 copies
In pursuit of happiness 3 copies
Dramen 3 copies
Krig og fred 2 3 copies
Vojna a mír. IV 3 copies
Kosackerna : berättelser. 2 3 copies
Anna Karenina. 1 3 copies
The novels and other works of Lyof N. Tolstoi. Volume 14:The death of Ivan Ilyitch, and other stories. (2015) 3 copies
Der Schneesturm Die drei Tode Zwei Novellen von L. N. Tolstoi. Deutsch von Alexander Eliasberg 3 copies
Jutustused 1889-1904 3 copies
Sõda ja rahu. [romaan] / 1. köide 3 copies
Sõda ja rahu. Kolmas raamat 3 copies
Näidendid (1886-1910) 3 copies
OS GRANDES ROMANCES HISTORICOS 3 copies
War and peace. Vol.3 3 copies
Tolstoï pour les enfants: 98 Contes et Fables: Contes de Tolstoï à lire le soir avant de s'endormir (édition intégrale) (French Edition) (2022) 3 copies
O Canto do Cysne 3 copies
Tres Grandes Novelas de Leo Tolstói: La felicidad conyugal, La tormenta de nieve, Relatos de Sevastópol (Spanish Edition) (2015) 3 copies
Babine, o tolo 3 copies
Wojna i pokój tom I 3 copies
Yuddha Aur Shanti Vol. 1 3 copies
The Russian Proprietor, Family Happiness, Ivan Ilyitch and Other Stories (The Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi) (1899) 3 copies
Sebastianopoli La tormenta 3 copies
The Great Bear 3 copies
Poliksc'ka - La felicità familiare 3 copies
The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Vol. XV: The Long Exile, and Other Stories (1917) 3 copies
The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Vol. XIII: A Russian Proprietor, and Other Stories (1917) 3 copies
War and Peace Vol 2 3 copies
A tortura da carne 2 copies
Anna Karenina. 2 2 copies
Yuddha Aur Shanti Vol. 3 2 copies
Yuddha Aur Shanti Vol. 2 2 copies
Ein Verbannter und andere Erzählungen — Author — 2 copies
Sämtliche Erzählungen: Bd. 2 2 copies
Sämtliche Erzählungen: Bd. 3 2 copies
Yudh Aur Shanti, Khand-4 2 copies
Wojna i pokój tom II 2 copies
Anna Karenina: Vol 1 2 copies
War and Peace, Volume 1 2 copies
The Cossacks and other stories 2 copies
Krieg und Frieden II 2 copies
Krieg und Frieden IV 2 copies
Krieg und Frieden III 2 copies
Krieg und Frieden I 2 copies
Weltanschauung 2 copies
Ivan the Fool; Or, the Old Devil and the Three Small Devils, Also a Lost Opportunity, and Polikushka (2009) 2 copies
Mesék [és elbeszélések] 2 copies
The Essential Leo Tolstoy Collection 2 copies
The crisis of civilization: A translation of the essay " On the Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria " (1965) 2 copies
איוואן איליץ' ואחרים 2 copies
The Leo Tolstoy BBC Radio Drama Collection: Full-Cast Dramatisations of War and Peace, Anna Karenina & More (2022) 2 copies
Gl Ivin (in Racconti vol.1) 2 copies
It-tfajla ġurdien u stejjer oħra 2 copies
The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Vol. XVI: Master and Man, The Kreutzer Sonata, Dramas (1917) 2 copies
The Short stories of Leo Tolstoy 2 copies
Казаки. Повести и рассказы 2 copies
Tales of Tolstoy 2 copies
Childhood ; Boyhood ; Youth ; The incursion ; A landed proprietor ; The Cossacks ; Sevastopol (1904) 2 copies
Anna Karenine, Volume 2 2 copies
WAR & POLITICS Boxed Set: 200 : War and military Novels & Series, US Politics, Feminist Speeches & Novels, The Mueller Report.... (2020) 2 copies
Sobranie sochineniĭ v dvenadt︠s︡ati tomakh — Author — 2 copies
Razão, fé, oração: três cartas 2 copies
Fantasticherie (in Racconti vol.1) 2 copies
Punarutthan 2 copies
War and Peace 3 2 copies
Кавказские рассказы и повести 2 copies
Obras Inmortales: Resurrección ; Sonata a Kreutzer ; Ana Karenina ; Los cosacos ; Iván el embécil ; La borrasca (1901) 2 copies
El Cupón falso y otros cuentos 2 copies
Yeniyetmelik (Turkish Edition) 2 copies
Мужик и водяной 2 copies
War and peace 1 2 copies
Los gigantes Tolstoi 2 copies
War and peace. Vol.1 2 copies
Romanzi e racconti 2 copies
Danger Music: Ten Fables 2 copies
Obras Completas - Coleccion de León Tolstoi: Biblioteca de Grandes Escritores (Spanish Edition) (2015) 2 copies
Contes i Faules 2 copies
Den store Uret 2 copies
Anissia e altri racconti 2 copies
More tales from Tolstoi 2 copies
Tolstoy's Short Stories 2 copies
Mindennapra : március 2 copies
War and peace. Volume 3 2 copies
Anna Karenina Vol. II 2 copies
Guerra e Paz - Série Clássicos da Literatura em Quadrinhos (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2016) 2 copies
Das neue Alphabet. Ausgewählte Prosa aus dem Neuen Alphabet und aus den Russischen Lesebüchern 2 copies
Drei Kranzkuchen und ein Kringel 2 copies
[Novye materialy L.N. Tolstogo i o Tolstom: Iz arkhiva N.N. Guseva : so vstupitelnym slovom na angliiskom iazyke (Vortra (1997) 2 copies
Grandes Obras de Tolstói - Caixa - Ana Karenina - Ressureição - A morte de Ivan Ilitch e senhores e servos (2017) 2 copies
Lebensstufen 2 copies
Contes, récits, fables: Les Quatre Livres de lecture. 1869-1872 (Domaine Etranger) (French Edition) (2015) 2 copies
Sõda ja rahu. Teine raamat 2 copies
Her Şeye Rağmen Sevgi 2 copies
The Collected Stories: Volume II 2 copies
Dětství ; Chlapectví ; Jinošství 2 copies
Furst Nechljudof 2 copies
The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: The Long Exile, Master and Man, The Kreutzer Sonata, Dramas (1899) 2 copies
Tolv prisvärda 2 copies
Oppstandelse : første del 2 copies
Leo Tolstoy: The Classics Collection [19 Novels and Novellas] (Golden Deer Classics) (2006) 2 copies
La vojo de l' vivo, cXapitro XXII 2 copies
Letters and essays; Life; General index; Bibliography — Author — 2 copies
විරාග සංග්රාම 2 copies
Hadsji Murat och andra berättelser 2 copies
Religiösa skrifter 2 copies
Anna Karenina, War and Peace 2 copies
Great works of leo tolstoy 2 copies
Sevastopol; Kozaki; Hadži-Murat 2 copies
Tri rakontoj 2 copies
The life and teaching of Leo Tolstoy; a book of extracts — Author — 2 copies
Racconti popolari: vol.II 2 copies
Guerra e pace vol. 2 2 copies
Sobranie sochinenii [20 volumes] — Author — 2 copies
Jurnal-Lev Tolstoi 2 copies
Kosackerna : berättelser. 1 2 copies
Nouvelles : Maître et Serviteur suivi de Le Père Serge, Le Cheval, Le diable, Polikouchka (1967) 2 copies
Anissia 2 copies
Anna Karenin B. 1 2 copies
The Representative Works of Tolstoi 2 copies
Guerra e pace, volume 04 2 copies
Krig och fred 3 2 copies
Two Tales (Bilingual Russian-English with Facing Page Translation): What Men Live By, Put Out the Fire Before It Spreads (1945) 2 copies
Anna Karenina (3/4) — Author — 2 copies
ELF VERHALE 2 copies
Quando il cuore vive: sei racconti 2 copies
La guerra e la pace IV volume 2 copies
Hbor s bke 2 copies
Anna Karenina III. 2 copies
Maestros de la literatura universal. Tomo IX: Rusia, 2/ Tolstoi: Sonata a Kreutzer; Gorki: Caminando por el mundo; Bulgakov: Los huevos fatales; Bábel: Caballería roja;… — Contributor — 2 copies
Anna Karenina (1/4) 2 copies
Vertellingen van Tolstoï 2 copies
De roggekorrel 2 copies
War and Peace vol 1 2 copies
Au Caucase 2 copies
Aabitsajutte 2 copies
Short Stories Volume 2 2 copies
Guerra e pace vol IV 2 copies
Voskresenie : roman ; Rasskazy 2 copies
L'amore (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Papà (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Odio (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
anastasi / ανάσταση 1 copy
Guerra e pace: vol. 3. 1 copy
L'orgia (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Guerra e pace: vol. 1 1 copy
Volodja (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
La nonna (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Io (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Lucerna (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
Il lepre (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
Suchman (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
Dmitrij (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Regole (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Savaş ve Barış #1 1 copy
Short Stories Volume 1 1 copy
Advice to a Draftee 1 copy
ጉንዳንና ዋኔ - ተራቲ ተራት 1 copy
I tatarernas våld 1 copy
Kumpulan cerita Leo Tolstoy 1 copy
Anna Karenina 1 - 6 1 copy
Quattro libri di lettura, I 1 copy
Ĥodinka 1 copy
NOVESTI I RASSKAZI, 2 Volumi 1 copy
The Death of Ivan Ilyich 1 copy
Anna Karenina 1 copy
tiraflar m 1 copy
İncil'in Kısa Bir Özeti 1 copy
KRÖYÇER SONAT 1 copy
Baskın 1 copy
Ölüm 1 copy
Ne ubij ! 1 copy
Hayat Üzerine Düsünceler 1 copy
Racconti 1 copy
Dio - Unu por Ĉiuj : surata kafejo: rakonto (Tutmonda Biblioteko je la Memoro de L. Tolstoj 1) 1 copy
War and Peace [Audible] 1 copy
Priče iz nove azbuke 1 copy
Ratne priče 1 copy
Smrt Ivana Iljiča, Kozaci 1 copy
U potrazi za smislom 1 copy
Božansko i ljudsko 1 copy
Tri ruske pripovijesti 1 copy
Barndom og Opvækst 1 copy
Versi (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Grisa (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
Ai governanti, ai preti 1 copy
Άπαντα 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
A letto (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
I Piaceri Viziosi, (Bacco, Tabacco e Venere) seguiti da "I due Pellegrini"- "Il primo distillatore"-"Parabole" (2010) 1 copy
Petras Pirmasis. T. 2-3 1 copy
SST 16 - Anna Karenina II 1 copy
SST 15 - Anna Karenina I 1 copy
La morte di Ivan Ilic 1 copy
Anna Kareninov ̀ 1 copy
Petras Pirmasis. T. 1 1 copy
Resurrezione 1 copy
Tregime për fëmijë 1 copy
Racconti di Natale: LIbro dell'avvento. Aspettando il Natale. La notte di Natale vista da due grandi scrittori Russi (Italian Edition) (2021) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Racconti: volume secondo 1 copy
1 - Racconti popolari 1 copy
Ai soldati, agli operai 1 copy
Mindennapra : április 1 copy
Mindennapra : február 1 copy
Mindennapra : január 1 copy
Gli orrori del militarismo 1 copy
La mia vita 1 copy
Taccuini per Anna Karenina 1 copy
Tolstoi contro Shakespeare 1 copy
Hbor s bke 1. 1 copy
La guerra y la paz 1 copy
Рассказы и сказки 1 copy
Hbor s bke 4. 1 copy
Hbor s bke 3. 1 copy
Hbor s bke 2. 1 copy
Anna Karenina. 2. kötet. 1 copy
Zolotovoloszaja carevna. - Az aranyhajú királyleány. [Mesék, elbeszélések]. (Ford. Áprily Lajos) (1978) 1 copy
Vishaada Sangeetam 1 copy
La guerra y la paz. Tomo I 1 copy
Great Stories by Tolstoy 1 copy
Anna Karenina. 1. kötet. 1 copy
War and Peace (5/5) 1 copy
Bühnenwerke 1 copy
La moderna schiavità 1 copy
La guerra e la pace 1 copy
Diario intimo (1900-1904) 1 copy
Guerra e pace - Volume terzo 1 copy
War and Peace (1/5) 1 copy
Guerra e pace III 1 copy
La guerra e la pace I volume 1 copy
I Cosacchi - La cedola falsa 1 copy
War and Peace (4/5) 1 copy
War and Peace (3/5) 1 copy
War and Peace (2/5) 1 copy
Deux générations 1 copy
戦争と平和3 1 copy
戦争と平和2 1 copy
戦争と平和1 1 copy
戦争と平和5 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
Lyof Tolstoy: An anthology; 1 copy
A Sonata de Kreutzer 1 copy
Nouvelles de tolstoï 1 copy
Anna Karenina II 1 copy
Anna Karenina I 1 copy
Opowiastki i bajeczki 1 copy
戦争と平和4 1 copy
戦争と平和6 1 copy
Кавказские повести 1 copy
アンナ・カレーニナ 3 1 copy
Der Tod des Iwan Iljitsch. 5 Expl. a DM 4.-. Krisenbibliothek der Weltliteratur. Eine Erzählung 1 copy
The end of the age 1 copy
くつやのまるちん 1 copy
復活（上） 1 copy
Über Kunst und Literatur — Author — 1 copy
The Long Exile 1 copy
Śmierć Iwana Iljicza 1 copy
Narodnye Razskazy; Narodnyii a Legendy; Teksty K Lubochnym Kartinam; Tri Pritchi (English and Russian Edition) (2011) 1 copy
Tolstoi's Love Letters: With A Study On The Autobiographical Elements In Tolstoi's Work (2006) 1 copy
Mana ticība 1 copy
দুটি বড়ো গল্প 1 copy
Tutte le opere 1 copy
Guerra y paz. Natacha 1 copy
O Patinho que pescou a Lua 1 copy
Anna Karenina Bind 2 1 copy
Anna Karenina - 4 1 copy
Anna Karenina Bind 3 1 copy
Anna Karenina Vol I 1 copy
İlk Gençlik 1 copy
My Religion; On Life 1 copy
Khristanstvo i tserkov 1 copy
Приказни од природата 1 copy
Tolstoj : Werke [aus der Reihe: Die großen Klassiker – Literatur der Welt in Bildern, Texten, Daten] (1981) 1 copy
" Literatura, iskusstvo". 1 copy
La felicidad conyugal 1 copy
Kreutzer-szonáta 1 copy
Válogatott elbeszélések 1 copy
I. Péter 1 copy
Хаџи Мурат 1 copy
Los cosacos Sebastopol 1 copy
Повести и рассказы 1 copy
livre de lecture 1 copy
Весь Лев Толстой в одном томе: Вся художественная проза: романы, повести, рассказы, драматургия… 1 copy
Книга для детей 1 copy
Мать 1 copy
סיפורים 1 copy
Katia 1 copy
Resurrección 1 copy
Aforyzmy 1 copy
Anna Karenina. T. 1-2 1 copy
The Man of God 1 copy
Guerra y paz 1 copy
Obras 1 copy
Anna Karenina (abridged) 1 copy
Anna Karenina; Volume I 1 copy
Les Cosaques 1 copy
A great iniquity 1 copy
War and Peace Volume Two 1 copy
Anna Karenine 1 copy
Guerre et Paix 1 copy
Παιδικά διηγήματα 1 copy
Sevastopol and other stories 1 copy
Stories & Dramas 1 copy
The Fool 1 copy
Tolstoy, Master and Man; Bhagavad-Gita; Shakespeare, Henry the Fourth, Part One (Combined Series 7 & 8, Volume 2) (1976) 1 copy
Guerra e pace, volume 02 1 copy
Hadzsi Murat regény 1 copy
Kozákok kaukázusi elbeszélés 1 copy
La fiaba di Ivan lo scemo 1 copy
Gyónás, napló - levelek 1 copy
On socialism — Author — 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
Tolstoy's love letters : with a study on the autobiographical elements in Tolstoi's work — Author — 1 copy
Contes russes 1 copy
Oeuvres littéraires, t.2 : Récits de Sébastopol - La matinée d'un seigneur - Les deux hussards 1 copy
De lo que vive el hombre 1 copy
℗La ℗guerre et la paix 1 copy
Anna karénine, tome second 1 copy
Anna Karenina II 1 copy
L'alcool et le tabac 1 copy
L'évasion 1 copy
War and Peace (Annotated) by Graf Leo Tolstoy: The Unabridged Aylmer and Louise Maude Translation 1 copy
Anna Karenina, T.2 1 copy
RAZBOI SI PACE VOL4 1 copy
RAZBOI SI PACE VOL3 1 copy
RAZBOI SI PACE VOL1 1 copy
Religion and Morality 1 copy
Guerra e Paz vol. II 1 copy
Часовщик (Russian Edition) 1 copy
Поликушка [Для ст. возраста] 1 copy
Собрание сочинений В 14 т 1 copy
Guerra e Paz vol. I 1 copy
Razboi si pace, vol. 1-4 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 3 1 copy
Anna Karenina, T.1 1 copy
Wojna i pokój, tom I, II, IV 1 copy
O podziale pracy 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 11 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 10 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 12 1 copy
Anna Karenina, vol. 1-2 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 2 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) - Gender
- male
- 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). - Cause of death
- pneumonia
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birthplace
- Yasnaya Polyana, Tula, Russian Empire
- Places of residence
- Tula Region, Shchekino District, Russian Empire
Moscow, Russian Empire
Kazan, Russian Empire - Place of death
- Astapovo, Ryazan, Russian Empire
- Burial location
- Tolstoy Home, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula, Russia
- Map Location
- Russia
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Anna Karenina è il libro che avrei voluto aver scritto io, quello in cui ho trovato me, ogni parte di me, ogni lato del mio carattere e ogni sfumatura - evidente o meno - della mia anima. È un'opera monumentale, una di quelle di cui si ha paura anche solo sentendole nominare; eppure, di Anna Karenina, non bisogna aver paura. Del romanzo spaventa la mole immensa di più di mille pagine, ma null'altro. È una lettura scorrevole, avvincente sempre, mai noiosa, ricca di azione, movimenti e show more viaggi. La storia è in continuo mutamento, nulla è dato per scontato e le centinaia di personaggi presenti mantengono costantemente vivo e reale il tutto. È un romanzo ricco di temi, di spunti di riflessione, di domande e di tante - anche se non tutte - risposte.
Credo che tra me e Anna Karenina sia stato amore a prima vista, forse, intenso come la passione tra Vrònskij e Anna... forse. Da subito ho capito che era questo il libro giusto, quello che stavo aspettando da tutta una vita e che avevo paura di non trovare mai; ho compreso subito che lo avrei amato con tutta l'anima, che gli avrei dato tutta me stessa, e infatti così è stato. Perché il libro giusto esiste e io ho finalmente trovato il mio, che, insostituibile a qualunque altro, si è meritevolmente guadagnato un posto privilegiato nel mio cuore accanto a quei pochi altri libri che ho amato come ho amato questo.
In Anna Karenina c'è tutto quello che avevo bisogno di leggere, tutte le domande che mi pongo e che mi sono sempre posta; mi sono vista, ho visto me attraverso i suoi personaggi, ho sentito la mia voce attraverso la loro, ho ascoltato le mie parole, quelle dette e quelle che neanche ho mai immaginato avrei potuto dire, ascoltando le loro. Mi sono vista traditrice, tradita, amante, moglie, madre, mi sono vista messa da parte e messa al centro dell'attenzione, e mi sono vista in tutte le sfumature in cui ho sempre desiderato vedermi. Mi sono vista ricca e mi sono vista povera, malata e guarita, peccatrice e redenta. Ho visto me stessa in abiti non miei, quegli abiti che da tempo desidero fossero stati miei. Mi sono guardata dall'esterno e dall'interno e mi sono capita un po' di più, proprio come Lèvin ha capito alla fine il significato che la Fede ha per lui.
Anna Karenina mi ha trascinata in un mondo a me estraneo eppure che mi sembrava di conoscere da sempre. Catapultata nella Russia zarista ho vissuto per circa cinque settimane tra Mosca, Pietroburgo e la campagna circostante, perfino nella sudicia e triste stanza d'albergo in cui viveva Nikolàj, il fratello di Lèvin, riempendomi il cuore delle tre scampanellate che preannunciano la partenza di un treno, delle musiche dei balli, del parlottare degli uomini al circolo, dei nitriti dei cavalli alle corse, del pianto dei bambini... Ho sentito con le mie orecchie gli spari dei fucili dei cacciatori, l'abbaio dei cani da caccia, di Làska, soprattutto, la cagnolina di Lèvin talmente tanto personificata da parere un essere umano in tutto e per tutto, proprio come Frou Frou, la cavalla purosangue inglese di Vrònskij per la quale ho provato più pena e tenerezza che per Vrònskij stesso. Ho vissuto assieme a tutti loro e sono stata sempre presente in ogni dove, desiderando di non lasciarli mai, quei luoghi che ho tanto amato.
Protagoniste di Anna Karenina sono tre coppie che non potrebbero essere più diverse l'una dall'altra: Dolly e Stepàn Arkàd'ic, quella con cui inizia il romanzo e in crisi sin dalla prima pagina; Anna e Aleksèj Aleksàndrovic, che va di pari passo con quella formata da Anna e Vrònskij e che, infondo, è la maggior protagonista; e infine la mia favorita, quella che ha rubato e stregato il mio cuore, Kitty e Lèvin, i personaggi che più ho amato fra tutti. Sono loro, tutti loro, i personaggi che hanno spazio in ogni capitolo, in ogni singola pagina, di cui si seguono tutte le vicissitudini. Personaggi complessi, complicati e mai sono esistiti personaggi più umani e reali che con la parola 'personaggi' non hanno nulla a che fare. E intorno a loro una miriade di altri personaggi altrettanto umani e veri, vivi, di cui ho avvertito il respiro sul collo e lo sguardo addosso.
Mosca e Pietroburgo, anche grazie a loro, non mi sono mai sembrate più belle e vicine nonostante la distanza geografica che mi separa da loro.
A mano a mano che la lettura progrediva, io progredivo con lei e con lei mi evolvevo, con lei cambiavo e rinascevo, dal momento che a questa lettura io ho dato tutta me stessa e tutta la mia anima e tutto il mio cuore. Sapevo che l'avrei terminata e sapevo che non avrei mai sopportato separarmi da lei, dalle sue vicende e dai suoi personaggi che mi sono stati amici fedeli e sempre presenti; eppure non mi sono mai fermata, mai scoraggiata e sono andata avanti sempre con la stessa costanza e con la stessa dedizione con la quale, con una certa paura, l'avevo iniziata. E avevo iniziato la lettura per un solo motivo: mi stava chiamando. L'avrei altrimenti rimandata, e così ho fatto a inizio giugno, troppo spaventata dalla sua immensa mole, ma già allora sapevo che fuggirle mi era impossibile. Solo per quel motivo, per quel richiamo che sentivo in me, che mi attraversava da parte a parte, sapevo che non avrei mai potuto non amare Anna Karenina, perché il modo in cui la vedevo scrutarmi dalla libreria aveva già detto tutto quello che era necessario dire, e quando sfogliavo con timore le sue pagine ancora immacolate e oggi gialle, stropicciate, un po' strappate e solcate quasi tutte dai segni della mia matita mai stata più consumata, sapevo che era inutile rimandare ancora ció che era già stato deciso e che era predestinato dovesse accadere fra noi: io non avrei mai potuto non amare Anna Karenina, in cui sono racchiusi tutti i miei segreti e tutte le mie paure, in cui ho lasciato pezzi d'anima e pezzi di cuore che mai faranno ritorno.
Anna Karenina è il mio horcrux: in lei c'è parte della mia anima e finché lei vive, io vivró con lei. show less
Credo che tra me e Anna Karenina sia stato amore a prima vista, forse, intenso come la passione tra Vrònskij e Anna... forse. Da subito ho capito che era questo il libro giusto, quello che stavo aspettando da tutta una vita e che avevo paura di non trovare mai; ho compreso subito che lo avrei amato con tutta l'anima, che gli avrei dato tutta me stessa, e infatti così è stato. Perché il libro giusto esiste e io ho finalmente trovato il mio, che, insostituibile a qualunque altro, si è meritevolmente guadagnato un posto privilegiato nel mio cuore accanto a quei pochi altri libri che ho amato come ho amato questo.
In Anna Karenina c'è tutto quello che avevo bisogno di leggere, tutte le domande che mi pongo e che mi sono sempre posta; mi sono vista, ho visto me attraverso i suoi personaggi, ho sentito la mia voce attraverso la loro, ho ascoltato le mie parole, quelle dette e quelle che neanche ho mai immaginato avrei potuto dire, ascoltando le loro. Mi sono vista traditrice, tradita, amante, moglie, madre, mi sono vista messa da parte e messa al centro dell'attenzione, e mi sono vista in tutte le sfumature in cui ho sempre desiderato vedermi. Mi sono vista ricca e mi sono vista povera, malata e guarita, peccatrice e redenta. Ho visto me stessa in abiti non miei, quegli abiti che da tempo desidero fossero stati miei. Mi sono guardata dall'esterno e dall'interno e mi sono capita un po' di più, proprio come Lèvin ha capito alla fine il significato che la Fede ha per lui.
Anna Karenina mi ha trascinata in un mondo a me estraneo eppure che mi sembrava di conoscere da sempre. Catapultata nella Russia zarista ho vissuto per circa cinque settimane tra Mosca, Pietroburgo e la campagna circostante, perfino nella sudicia e triste stanza d'albergo in cui viveva Nikolàj, il fratello di Lèvin, riempendomi il cuore delle tre scampanellate che preannunciano la partenza di un treno, delle musiche dei balli, del parlottare degli uomini al circolo, dei nitriti dei cavalli alle corse, del pianto dei bambini... Ho sentito con le mie orecchie gli spari dei fucili dei cacciatori, l'abbaio dei cani da caccia, di Làska, soprattutto, la cagnolina di Lèvin talmente tanto personificata da parere un essere umano in tutto e per tutto, proprio come Frou Frou, la cavalla purosangue inglese di Vrònskij per la quale ho provato più pena e tenerezza che per Vrònskij stesso. Ho vissuto assieme a tutti loro e sono stata sempre presente in ogni dove, desiderando di non lasciarli mai, quei luoghi che ho tanto amato.
Protagoniste di Anna Karenina sono tre coppie che non potrebbero essere più diverse l'una dall'altra: Dolly e Stepàn Arkàd'ic, quella con cui inizia il romanzo e in crisi sin dalla prima pagina; Anna e Aleksèj Aleksàndrovic, che va di pari passo con quella formata da Anna e Vrònskij e che, infondo, è la maggior protagonista; e infine la mia favorita, quella che ha rubato e stregato il mio cuore, Kitty e Lèvin, i personaggi che più ho amato fra tutti. Sono loro, tutti loro, i personaggi che hanno spazio in ogni capitolo, in ogni singola pagina, di cui si seguono tutte le vicissitudini. Personaggi complessi, complicati e mai sono esistiti personaggi più umani e reali che con la parola 'personaggi' non hanno nulla a che fare. E intorno a loro una miriade di altri personaggi altrettanto umani e veri, vivi, di cui ho avvertito il respiro sul collo e lo sguardo addosso.
Mosca e Pietroburgo, anche grazie a loro, non mi sono mai sembrate più belle e vicine nonostante la distanza geografica che mi separa da loro.
A mano a mano che la lettura progrediva, io progredivo con lei e con lei mi evolvevo, con lei cambiavo e rinascevo, dal momento che a questa lettura io ho dato tutta me stessa e tutta la mia anima e tutto il mio cuore. Sapevo che l'avrei terminata e sapevo che non avrei mai sopportato separarmi da lei, dalle sue vicende e dai suoi personaggi che mi sono stati amici fedeli e sempre presenti; eppure non mi sono mai fermata, mai scoraggiata e sono andata avanti sempre con la stessa costanza e con la stessa dedizione con la quale, con una certa paura, l'avevo iniziata. E avevo iniziato la lettura per un solo motivo: mi stava chiamando. L'avrei altrimenti rimandata, e così ho fatto a inizio giugno, troppo spaventata dalla sua immensa mole, ma già allora sapevo che fuggirle mi era impossibile. Solo per quel motivo, per quel richiamo che sentivo in me, che mi attraversava da parte a parte, sapevo che non avrei mai potuto non amare Anna Karenina, perché il modo in cui la vedevo scrutarmi dalla libreria aveva già detto tutto quello che era necessario dire, e quando sfogliavo con timore le sue pagine ancora immacolate e oggi gialle, stropicciate, un po' strappate e solcate quasi tutte dai segni della mia matita mai stata più consumata, sapevo che era inutile rimandare ancora ció che era già stato deciso e che era predestinato dovesse accadere fra noi: io non avrei mai potuto non amare Anna Karenina, in cui sono racchiusi tutti i miei segreti e tutte le mie paure, in cui ho lasciato pezzi d'anima e pezzi di cuore che mai faranno ritorno.
Anna Karenina è il mio horcrux: in lei c'è parte della mia anima e finché lei vive, io vivró con lei. show less
Starts off as a series of retrospections where Tolstoy attempts to identify the causation of previous frameworks of thought, then reproves himself about his ulterior motives or immaturity or blindsplots at the time. In the last third, he comes to an imperfect but arguably much better, wiser, and mature position than before, though still seemingly in progress. The imperfection of his position being only what a human being can hope to achieve even with years of intense contemplation and honest show more searching for truth and God. Tolstoy's humility and desperation is so on display, his self-awareness of how his mind processes experiences and arrives at conclusions is impressive and reassuring, a reminder how so many around us are so arrogantly sure of their philosophical conclusions, only to realize much later how inadequate or myopic their understanding of human existence was. I just discovered this book was originally censored out of its original publication in a Russian magazine (Russian Mind), which is both hilarious and understandable, that pragmatic dogma explained by Tolstoy in this very book. show less
This one was an unexpected delight for me. I was expecting a melodramatic romance and lots of “woe is me” bits. Instead, I found a novel that delved into personal happiness vs. social expectations, religion, and Russian culture.
The book is packed with interesting characters, only one of which is mentioned in the title. Anna might be the headliner, but she’s certainly not the only act. The book really parallels the lives and journeys of two characters, Anna and Levin. At the beginning show more of the book, Anna is optimistic. She travels to visit her family to help her brother put his marriage back together. By the end of the book, her life has been thrown upside down and she loses her faith.
Levin on the other hand is awkward and pessimistic. He’s in love but has no idea how to go about wooing the woman he’s interested in. Throughout the book, he finds solace in hard labor. Through his struggles and trials, he finds his faith. He learns the meaning of true love and understands the difference a good woman makes to his life. Both characters seem to do a complete 180 by the end of the novel.
There is so much more that I’m not even touching on. Tolstoy deals with the social customs at the time, the ease at which people can be welcomed or shunned from society, and the rights women didn’t have during that time period, etc. He makes the reader consider the difference between momentary bliss and the sometimes sedate, but long-lasting joy of family, but at the same time he never makes it feel like a preachy cautionary tale.
If you’re thinking about trying Tolstoy I would highly recommend starting here. There are fewer major characters than there are in War and Peace and the plot is easier to follow.
**Rereading update**
When I first read this I was not married and had no children. Rereading it after adding those life experiences to my worldview certainly changes some things. I can’t imagine Anna’s pain at the thought of leaving her child. I was also surprised to find myself reminded of Austen’s Persuasion in Levin and Kitty’s sections. The parallels are striking and I love seeing how the couple mature separately before coming together. Levin learns to deal with his prideful nature and Kitty reprioritizes what’s truly important to her.
“But that’s the aim of civilization: to make everything an enjoyment.” – Stepan Arkadyich
Stepan’s approach to life is reckless. He wants only to satisfy every immediate pleasure. Levin, on the other hand, strives to work hard and serve others.
“All this was terribly vile, but for Levin it seemed by no means as vile as it might have seemed to those who did not know Nikolai Levin, did not know his whole story, did not know his heart.”
We all see our family and friends through the lens of knowing their hearts and can make excuses for their shortcomings. If we could give others the benefit of the doubt in our judgment of them, the world would be a gentler place.
“Spring is the time for plans and projects. And, going out to the yard, Levin, like a tree in spring, not yet knowing where and how its young shoots and branches, still confined in swollen buds, will grow, did not himself know very well.”
“‘How I wish I knew others as I know myself,’ Anna said seriously and pensively. ‘Am I worse than others or better? Worse, I think.’”
“You may or may not like my way of life, it makes absolutely no difference to me: you must respect me if you want to know me.”
“I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.” show less
The book is packed with interesting characters, only one of which is mentioned in the title. Anna might be the headliner, but she’s certainly not the only act. The book really parallels the lives and journeys of two characters, Anna and Levin. At the beginning show more of the book, Anna is optimistic. She travels to visit her family to help her brother put his marriage back together. By the end of the book, her life has been thrown upside down and she loses her faith.
Levin on the other hand is awkward and pessimistic. He’s in love but has no idea how to go about wooing the woman he’s interested in. Throughout the book, he finds solace in hard labor. Through his struggles and trials, he finds his faith. He learns the meaning of true love and understands the difference a good woman makes to his life. Both characters seem to do a complete 180 by the end of the novel.
There is so much more that I’m not even touching on. Tolstoy deals with the social customs at the time, the ease at which people can be welcomed or shunned from society, and the rights women didn’t have during that time period, etc. He makes the reader consider the difference between momentary bliss and the sometimes sedate, but long-lasting joy of family, but at the same time he never makes it feel like a preachy cautionary tale.
If you’re thinking about trying Tolstoy I would highly recommend starting here. There are fewer major characters than there are in War and Peace and the plot is easier to follow.
**Rereading update**
When I first read this I was not married and had no children. Rereading it after adding those life experiences to my worldview certainly changes some things. I can’t imagine Anna’s pain at the thought of leaving her child. I was also surprised to find myself reminded of Austen’s Persuasion in Levin and Kitty’s sections. The parallels are striking and I love seeing how the couple mature separately before coming together. Levin learns to deal with his prideful nature and Kitty reprioritizes what’s truly important to her.
“But that’s the aim of civilization: to make everything an enjoyment.” – Stepan Arkadyich
Stepan’s approach to life is reckless. He wants only to satisfy every immediate pleasure. Levin, on the other hand, strives to work hard and serve others.
“All this was terribly vile, but for Levin it seemed by no means as vile as it might have seemed to those who did not know Nikolai Levin, did not know his whole story, did not know his heart.”
We all see our family and friends through the lens of knowing their hearts and can make excuses for their shortcomings. If we could give others the benefit of the doubt in our judgment of them, the world would be a gentler place.
“Spring is the time for plans and projects. And, going out to the yard, Levin, like a tree in spring, not yet knowing where and how its young shoots and branches, still confined in swollen buds, will grow, did not himself know very well.”
“‘How I wish I knew others as I know myself,’ Anna said seriously and pensively. ‘Am I worse than others or better? Worse, I think.’”
“You may or may not like my way of life, it makes absolutely no difference to me: you must respect me if you want to know me.”
“I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.” show less
If you look up pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis in the OED (and let's face it, who hasn't?) then you'll discover that it is "a word invented in imitation of polysyllabic medical terms, alleged to mean ‘a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine sand and ash dust’ but occurring only as an instance of a very long word."
I used to think of War and Peace in much the same way. While ostensibly it's a book about Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his eventual retreat, show more really it's just used as an example of a very long, difficult book. I went home to visit my family while I was reading the book and my dad, seeing me sat in the garden with a hefty tome in my hands said "What's that, War and Peace? Ha ha ha." Except of course it was War and Peace, which rather deflated his lit-wit. So I told the one about the giraffe with the grand piano going into a bar and we had a good old laugh about that instead.
Much as it's difficult to think of aforementioned lung disease as just a long word once you've inhaled enough ash dust and started coughing up your epiglottis, so too it's difficult to think of this novel as just a long book once you've enjoyed (most of) it's historical delights.
Tolstoy is a wonderful storyteller, zooming in and out of nineteenth century Europe like the video for Will Smith's Miami. Admittedly, some of Anthony Briggs' translatory choices leave something to be desired. A lot of the characters speak French in the original, and at times the use of language is rather important to the plot. Briggs deals with this by ending speeches where this is the case with "said Steve in French" or "said Bob, mangling his words because he was rubbish at Russian." It always feels clumsy, but to be honest there's probably no good solution to this problem. He also has one of the characters, Denisov, talk like Jonathan Ross, turning all his 'r's into 'w's. I can only assume this is taken from the original text, but Briggs Anglicises all of the characters' verbal quirks - peasants turn into cockneys, posh men say "old chap", and so on. Briggs mentions that his translation studiously avoids sentences that would raise an "inappropriate smile" such as "he ejaculated with a grimace" and so on. Alas, Denisov's speech impediment does lead us to hear about the "wank of Germans." Damn you, inappropriate smile.
So yes, it turns out the book isn't really outrageously long, I read the Night's Dawn trilogy a couple of years ago and that clocks in at the best part of four thousand pages. War and Peace's length is also alleviated by the fact it's well written and really not that difficult. While [b:Les Misérables|2225130|Les Misérables|Victor Hugo|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222130242s/2225130.jpg|3208463] is three hundred pages of plot with a thousand pages of Hugo's ruminations on France and nunneries and the Parisian sewer system, here we have mostly plot with roughly one chapter from each part of each volume thrown over to Tolstoy's thoughts about history and his ideas on what amounts to historical calculus. These thoughts are both interesting and illuminating, if a little repetitive, and do nothing to detract from the book, which - once you set to it - is a rollicking read.
Except for the last fifty pages. Sweet monkey Tuesdays, those last fifty pages. show less
I used to think of War and Peace in much the same way. While ostensibly it's a book about Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his eventual retreat, show more really it's just used as an example of a very long, difficult book. I went home to visit my family while I was reading the book and my dad, seeing me sat in the garden with a hefty tome in my hands said "What's that, War and Peace? Ha ha ha." Except of course it was War and Peace, which rather deflated his lit-wit. So I told the one about the giraffe with the grand piano going into a bar and we had a good old laugh about that instead.
Much as it's difficult to think of aforementioned lung disease as just a long word once you've inhaled enough ash dust and started coughing up your epiglottis, so too it's difficult to think of this novel as just a long book once you've enjoyed (most of) it's historical delights.
Tolstoy is a wonderful storyteller, zooming in and out of nineteenth century Europe like the video for Will Smith's Miami. Admittedly, some of Anthony Briggs' translatory choices leave something to be desired. A lot of the characters speak French in the original, and at times the use of language is rather important to the plot. Briggs deals with this by ending speeches where this is the case with "said Steve in French" or "said Bob, mangling his words because he was rubbish at Russian." It always feels clumsy, but to be honest there's probably no good solution to this problem. He also has one of the characters, Denisov, talk like Jonathan Ross, turning all his 'r's into 'w's. I can only assume this is taken from the original text, but Briggs Anglicises all of the characters' verbal quirks - peasants turn into cockneys, posh men say "old chap", and so on. Briggs mentions that his translation studiously avoids sentences that would raise an "inappropriate smile" such as "he ejaculated with a grimace" and so on. Alas, Denisov's speech impediment does lead us to hear about the "wank of Germans." Damn you, inappropriate smile.
So yes, it turns out the book isn't really outrageously long, I read the Night's Dawn trilogy a couple of years ago and that clocks in at the best part of four thousand pages. War and Peace's length is also alleviated by the fact it's well written and really not that difficult. While [b:Les Misérables|2225130|Les Misérables|Victor Hugo|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222130242s/2225130.jpg|3208463] is three hundred pages of plot with a thousand pages of Hugo's ruminations on France and nunneries and the Parisian sewer system, here we have mostly plot with roughly one chapter from each part of each volume thrown over to Tolstoy's thoughts about history and his ideas on what amounts to historical calculus. These thoughts are both interesting and illuminating, if a little repetitive, and do nothing to detract from the book, which - once you set to it - is a rollicking read.
Except for the last fifty pages. Sweet monkey Tuesdays, those last fifty pages. show less
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