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) 507 copies, 8 reviews
The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories (Family Happiness, The Kreutzer Sonata & Master and Man) (1960) 408 copies, 4 reviews
Anna Karenina (Movie Tie-in Edition): Official Tie-in Edition Including the screenplay by Tom Stoppard (Vintage Classics) (2012) 247 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) 15 copies, 1 review
Thoughtful Wisdom for Every Day: 365 Days of Love, Kindness, Healing, Faith, and Peace (2021) 15 copies, 1 review
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
Novelas completas: Felicidade conjugal, A morte de Ivan Ilitch, Sonata a Kreutzer, Padre Siérgui (Portuguese Edition) (2019) 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
The Cossacks, Sevastopol, The Invaders, and Other Stories (The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi) (1977) 9 copies
War and peace, The authorized translation by Louise and Aylmer Maud; abridge, edited, and with an introduction by Ernest (1966) 9 copies
Война и мир. Том 4 8 copies
La guerra y la paz II 8 copies
Relatos de Yásnaia Poliana: Cuentos para niños y El prisionero del Cáucaso (Breviarios de Rey Lear) (Spanish Edition) (2010) 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
Noveller 8 copies
Teatro 8 copies
Contes et histoires vraies de Russie. Choix de textes extraits des " Quatre Livres de Lecture", 1869 - 1872 (1985) 7 copies
Oorlog en vrede 2 (Rainbow pockets) 7 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
ANNA KARÉNINE 7 copies
Tales of Sexual Desire: Father Sergius, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Devil (Capuchin Classics) (2009) 6 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
Sebastopoli e altri racconti 6 copies
Jutustused : (1852-1856) 6 copies
[Essays On Life] Patriotism--Slavery of Our Times--General Articles in The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi (2007) 6 copies
Esarhaddon, and other tales ... Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. With an introduction by Aylmer Maude containing l (1970) 6 copies
The Collected Stories, Vol. I 6 copies
Dl. III-IV: Oorlog en vrede 5 copies
Selected Tales 5 copies
Tutti i romanzi 5 copies
Der Überfall und andere Erzählungen 5 copies
Twee opstandigen 5 copies
Contos Completos Tolstói - Volume 1 5 copies
LAPSUUS, POIKAIKÄ, NUORUUS 2 4 copies
LAPSUUS, POIKAIKÄ, NUORUUS 1 4 copies
Рассказы 4 copies
Obras completas . III 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
Fortællinger 4 copies
Racconti: volume primo 4 copies
Vojna a mír. I 4 copies
Guerra e pace vol. 1 4 copies
Romanzi brevi e racconti 4 copies
Master and Man / The Kreutzer Sonata / Dramas — Author — 4 copies
Die Kosaken 4 copies
Short Fiction 4 copies
Sõda ja rahu. Neljas raamat 4 copies
Lugusid ja jutustusi (1872-1886) 4 copies
Furst Nechljudof : Kosackerna 4 copies
War and peace 2 4 copies
Jutustused : 1857-1863 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
Liev Tolstoi: Contos Completos, v.3 4 copies
Кавказский пленник : Рассказ ; Хаджи-Мурат : Повесть : [Для ст. шк. возраста] (2005) 4 copies, 1 review
Quale scuola? 3 copies
Kosackerna : berättelser. 2 3 copies
Dramen 3 copies
Vojna a mír. IV 3 copies
Anna Karenina. 1 3 copies
Barndom og drengeaar 3 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
Fader og Søn og andre Fortællinger 3 copies
Iván Ilíitsj's død Mørkets magt 3 copies
War and peace. Vol.3 3 copies
Yuddha Aur Shanti Vol. 1 3 copies
Les incontournables de la littérature en BD. Guerre et paix . Tolstoï. Tome 1 (2010) — Auteur illustré — 3 copies
Les incontournables de la littérature en BD. Guerre et paix. Léon tolstoï. Tome 2 (2010) — Auteur illustré — 3 copies
Jutustused 1889-1904 3 copies
Näidendid (1886-1910) 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
Ma Religion 3 copies
Les Rayons de l’Aube 3 copies
Three tales 3 copies
Der Schneesturm Die drei Tode Zwei Novellen von L. N. Tolstoi. Deutsch von Alexander Eliasberg 3 copies
Wojna i pokój tom I 3 copies
The novels and other works of Lyof N. Tolstoi. Volume 14:The death of Ivan Ilyitch, and other stories. (2015) 3 copies
Sevastopol, Two Hussars Etc 3 copies
Babine, o tolo 3 copies
Tres Grandes Novelas de Leo Tolstói: La felicidad conyugal, La tormenta de nieve, Relatos de Sevastópol (Spanish Edition) (2015) 3 copies
OS GRANDES ROMANCES HISTORICOS 3 copies
Hb̀or ︢š bǩe 3 copies
Sõda ja rahu. Kolmas raamat 3 copies
Sõda ja rahu. [romaan] / 1. köide 3 copies
In pursuit of happiness 3 copies
War and Peace Vol 2 3 copies
Poliksc'ka - La felicità familiare 3 copies
The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Vol. XIII: A Russian Proprietor, and Other Stories (1917) 3 copies
Sebastianopoli La tormenta 3 copies
The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Vol. XV: The Long Exile, and Other Stories (1917) 3 copies
The Russian Proprietor, Family Happiness, Ivan Ilyitch and Other Stories (The Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi) (1899) 3 copies
The Great Bear 3 copies
Anna Karenine, Volume 2 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
Drei Kranzkuchen und ein Kringel 2 copies
Das neue Alphabet. Ausgewählte Prosa aus dem Neuen Alphabet und aus den Russischen Lesebüchern 2 copies
Grandes Obras de Tolstói - Caixa - Ana Karenina - Ressureição - A morte de Ivan Ilitch e senhores e servos (2017) 2 copies
Guerra e Paz - Série Clássicos da Literatura em Quadrinhos (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2016) 2 copies
Мужик и водяной 2 copies
Gl Ivin (in Racconti vol.1) 2 copies
Lebensstufen 2 copies
Казаки. Повести и рассказы 2 copies
Tales of Tolstoy 2 copies
WAR & POLITICS Boxed Set: 200 : War and military Novels & Series, US Politics, Feminist Speeches & Novels, The Mueller Report.... (2020) 2 copies
Los gigantes Tolstoi 2 copies
Razão, fé, oração: três cartas 2 copies
Contes, récits, fables: Les Quatre Livres de lecture. 1869-1872 (Domaine Etranger) (French Edition) (2015) 2 copies
Wojna i pokój tom II 2 copies
Sämtliche Erzählungen: Bd. 3 2 copies
Sämtliche Erzählungen: Bd. 2 2 copies
איוואן איליץ' ואחרים 2 copies
Sõda ja rahu. Teine raamat 2 copies
Obras Completas - Coleccion de León Tolstoi: Biblioteca de Grandes Escritores (Spanish Edition) (2015) 2 copies
Mindennapra : március 2 copies
The Leo Tolstoy BBC Radio Drama Collection: Full-Cast Dramatisations of War and Peace, Anna Karenina & More (2022) 2 copies
Contes i Faules 2 copies
More tales from Tolstoi 2 copies
War and peace. Vol.1 2 copies
A tortura da carne 2 copies
Ein Verbannter und andere Erzählungen — Author — 2 copies
Romanzi e racconti 2 copies
Obras Inmortales: Resurrección ; Sonata a Kreutzer ; Ana Karenina ; Los cosacos ; Iván el embécil ; La borrasca (1901) 2 copies
Aabitsajutte 2 copies
විරාග සංග්රාම 2 copies
Letters and essays; Life; General index; Bibliography — Author — 2 copies
Au Caucase 2 copies
Voskresenie : roman ; Rasskazy 2 copies
Vertellingen van Tolstoï 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
ELF VERHALE 2 copies
Racconti popolari: vol.II 2 copies
Jurnal-Lev Tolstoi 2 copies
Kosackerna : berättelser. 1 2 copies
The life and teaching of Leo Tolstoy; a book of extracts — Author — 2 copies
Anissia 2 copies
The Representative Works of Tolstoi 2 copies
Guerra e pace, volume 04 2 copies
The Short stories of Leo Tolstoy 2 copies
Anna Karenina Vol. II 2 copies
Sobranie sochineniĭ v dvenadt︠s︡ati tomakh — Author — 2 copies
The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Vol. XVI: Master and Man, The Kreutzer Sonata, Dramas (1917) 2 copies
Childhood ; Boyhood ; Youth ; The incursion ; A landed proprietor ; The Cossacks ; Sevastopol (1904) 2 copies
It-tfajla ġurdien u stejjer oħra 2 copies
Fantasticherie (in Racconti vol.1) 2 copies
War and peace 1 2 copies
El Cupón falso y otros cuentos 2 copies
Yeniyetmelik (Turkish Edition) 2 copies
Punarutthan 2 copies
War and Peace 3 2 copies
Кавказские рассказы и повести 2 copies
Ivan the Fool; Or, the Old Devil and the Three Small Devils, Also a Lost Opportunity, and Polikushka (2009) 2 copies
The Cossacks and other stories 2 copies
Danger Music: Ten Fables 2 copies
War and Peace, Volume 1 2 copies
Yuddha Aur Shanti Vol. 3 2 copies
Yuddha Aur Shanti Vol. 2 2 copies
Yudh Aur Shanti, Khand-4 2 copies
Anna Karenina. 2 2 copies
War and peace. Volume 3 2 copies
Den store Uret 2 copies
Tolstoy's Short Stories 2 copies
De roggekorrel 2 copies
Tri rakontoj 2 copies
La vojo de l' vivo, cXapitro XXII 2 copies
Quando il cuore vive: sei racconti 2 copies
Oppstandelse : første del 2 copies
La guerra e la pace IV volume 2 copies
Anna Karenina III. 2 copies
Krig og fred 2 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 Karenin B. 1 2 copies
Anna Karenina (1/4) 2 copies
Furst Nechljudof 2 copies
Krig och fred 3 2 copies
Anna Karenina, War and Peace 2 copies
Religiösa skrifter 2 copies
Great works of leo tolstoy 2 copies
Hadsji Murat och andra berättelser 2 copies
The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: The Long Exile, Master and Man, The Kreutzer Sonata, Dramas (1899) 2 copies
Short Stories Volume 2 2 copies
Sevastopol; Kozaki; Hadži-Murat 2 copies
Dětství ; Chlapectví ; Jinošství 2 copies
War and Peace vol 1 2 copies
Leo Tolstoy: The Classics Collection [19 Novels and Novellas] (Golden Deer Classics) (2006) 2 copies
Guerra e pace vol IV 2 copies
Tolv prisvärda 2 copies
Anna Karenina (3/4) — Author — 2 copies
Anna Karenina: Vol 1 2 copies
Guerra e pace vol. 2 2 copies
The crisis of civilization: A translation of the essay " On the Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria " (1965) 2 copies
Sobranie sochinenii [20 volumes] — Author — 2 copies
Mesék [és elbeszélések] 2 copies
Her Şeye Rağmen Sevgi 2 copies
Weltanschauung 2 copies
Krieg und Frieden I 2 copies
Krieg und Frieden II 2 copies
Krieg und Frieden III 2 copies
Krieg und Frieden IV 2 copies
The Essential Leo Tolstoy Collection 2 copies
Nouvelles : Maître et Serviteur suivi de Le Père Serge, Le Cheval, Le diable, Polikouchka (1967) 2 copies
The Collected Stories: Volume II 2 copies
Anissia e altri racconti 2 copies
L'orgia (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Kroyçer Sonat 1 copy
tiraflar m 1 copy
KRÖYÇER SONAT 1 copy
Regole (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
İncil'in Kısa Bir Özeti 1 copy
Suchman (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
Il lepre (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
U potrazi za smislom 1 copy
Ölüm 1 copy
Božansko i ljudsko 1 copy
Tri ruske pripovijesti 1 copy
Smrt Ivana Iljiča, Kozaci 1 copy
Priče iz nove azbuke 1 copy
Lucerna (in Racconti vol.2) 1 copy
War and Peace [Audible] 1 copy
Ne ubij ! 1 copy
L'amore (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Anna Karenina 1 copy
Racconti 1 copy
Ratne priče 1 copy
Baskın 1 copy
Dmitrij (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
The Death of Ivan Ilyich 1 copy
Mindennapra : január 1 copy
Ai soldati, agli operai 1 copy
Mindennapra : április 1 copy
NOVESTI I RASSKAZI, 2 Volumi 1 copy
Mindennapra : február 1 copy
Ai governanti, ai preti 1 copy
Gli orrori del militarismo 1 copy
Ĥodinka 1 copy
Racconti: volume secondo 1 copy
I Piaceri Viziosi, (Bacco, Tabacco e Venere) seguiti da "I due Pellegrini"- "Il primo distillatore"-"Parabole" (2010) 1 copy
Taccuini per Anna Karenina 1 copy
Ιστορίες 1 copy
Kumpulan cerita Leo Tolstoy 1 copy
Άπαντα 1 copy
La mia vita 1 copy
Tolstoi contro Shakespeare 1 copy
Maman (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
SST 15 - Anna Karenina I 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
Petras Pirmasis. T. 1 1 copy
Petras Pirmasis. T. 2-3 1 copy
SST 16 - Anna Karenina II 1 copy
La morte di Ivan Ilic 1 copy
Resurrezione 1 copy
Anna Kareninov ̀ 1 copy
Tregime për fëmijë 1 copy
Barndom og Opvækst 1 copy
Quattro libri di lettura, I 1 copy
Anna Karenina 1 - 6 1 copy
Dio - Unu por Ĉiuj : surata kafejo: rakonto (Tutmonda Biblioteko je la Memoro de L. Tolstoj 1) 1 copy
Quattro (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Continua (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Masa (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
ጉንዳንና ዋኔ - ተራቲ ተራት 1 copy
A Mosca (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Short Stories Volume 1 1 copy
Io (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
La nonna (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Papà (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Volodja (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Odio (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
I tatarernas våld 1 copy
Il babbo (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
Lutto (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
A letto (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Versi (in Racconti vol.1) 1 copy
Advice to a Draftee 1 copy
La guerra y la paz 1 copy
Рассказы и сказки 1 copy
Zolotovoloszaja carevna. - Az aranyhajú királyleány. [Mesék, elbeszélések]. (Ford. Áprily Lajos) (1978) 1 copy
Vishaada Sangeetam 1 copy
Anna Karenina. 2. kötet. 1 copy
La guerra y la paz. Tomo I 1 copy
Great Stories by Tolstoy 1 copy
Deux générations 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
Lyof Tolstoy: An anthology; 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
A Sonata de Kreutzer 1 copy
戦争と平和1 1 copy
Nouvelles de tolstoï 1 copy
Anna Karenina II 1 copy
Anna Karenina I 1 copy
Opowiastki i bajeczki 1 copy
Aforyzmy 1 copy
Śmierć Iwana Iljicza 1 copy
Anna Karenina. T. 1-2 1 copy
Anna Karenina, T.2 1 copy
Anna Karenina, T.1 1 copy
戦争と平和2 1 copy
Кавказские повести 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
戦争と平和3 1 copy
くつやのまるちん 1 copy
復活（上） 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
Über Kunst und Literatur — Author — 1 copy
The Long Exile 1 copy
Tolstoi's Love Letters: With A Study On The Autobiographical Elements In Tolstoi's Work (2006) 1 copy
Narodnye Razskazy; Narodnyii a Legendy; Teksty K Lubochnym Kartinam; Tri Pritchi (English and Russian Edition) (2011) 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
Весь Лев Толстой в одном томе: Вся художественная проза: романы, повести, рассказы, драматургия… 1 copy
livre de lecture 1 copy
Повести и рассказы 1 copy
Книга для детей 1 copy
Мать 1 copy
סיפורים 1 copy
Resurrección 1 copy
Wojna i pokój, tom I, II, IV 1 copy
Anna Karenina (abridged) 1 copy
Guerra y paz 1 copy
Obras 1 copy
Tolstoy Bütün Eserleri 3: 1857 - 1863 Üç Ölüm, Aile Mutluluğu, Kazaklar, Polikuşka, Dekabristler (Turkish Edition) (2019) 1 copy
The Fool 1 copy
℗La ℗guerre et la paix 1 copy
Anna Karenine 1 copy
Guerre et Paix 1 copy
Les Cosaques 1 copy
War and Peace Volume Two 1 copy
Παιδικά διηγήματα 1 copy
Stories & Dramas 1 copy
Sevastopol and other stories 1 copy
The Man of God 1 copy
De lo que vive el hombre 1 copy
Il diavolo racconti d'autore 1 copy
La fiaba di Ivan lo scemo 1 copy
Gyónás, napló - levelek 1 copy
Guerra e pace, volume 02 1 copy
Az életről 1 copy
o diavolos. polikouska. pater sergios. oikogeneiaki eutychia. o thanatos tou ivan ilits (1989) 1 copy
On socialism — Author — 1 copy
Contes russes 1 copy
Tolstoy's love letters : with a study on the autobiographical elements in Tolstoi's work — Author — 1 copy
1 - Racconti popolari 1 copy
anastasi / ανάσταση 1 copy
Guerra e pace: vol. 3. 1 copy
Guerra e pace: vol. 1 1 copy
Anna karénine, tome second 1 copy
Anna Karenina II 1 copy
L'alcool et le tabac 1 copy
L'évasion 1 copy
Oeuvres littéraires, t.2 : Récits de Sébastopol - La matinée d'un seigneur - Les deux hussards 1 copy
Hadzsi Murat regény 1 copy
Kozákok kaukázusi elbeszélés 1 copy
A great iniquity 1 copy
Часовщик (Russian Edition) 1 copy
Posthumous Works Vol II 1 copy
Religion and Morality 1 copy
RAZBOI SI PACE VOL3 1 copy
Поликушка [Для ст. возраста] 1 copy
Собрание сочинений В 14 т 1 copy
Слон 1 copy
RAZBOI SI PACE VOL1 1 copy
RAZBOI SI PACE VOL4 1 copy
Прыжок Рассказы 1 copy
O podziale pracy 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 11 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 10 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 3 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 12 1 copy
Собрание сочинений 2 1 copy
Рассказы для детей 1 copy
Resurrezione; vol. 1 1 copy
SONATA E KROJCERIT, 1 copy
Anna Karenina, vol. 1-2 1 copy
Razboi si pace, vol. 1-4 1 copy
Guerra e Paz vol. II 1 copy
Guerra e Paz vol. I 1 copy
Der Tod des Iwan Iljitsch 1 copy
Otryvki iz proizvedeniĭ 1 copy
Phục sinh 1 copy
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Tagged
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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Reviews
This is the first classic that I've read this year that is getting added to my all-time favorites. This book does it for me, and I think it is because I have learned so much about the psychology of so many groups of people. I learned how the rich justify being rich, how the poor justify being poor, how cheaters justify their infidelity, how men justify their work passions, among so many others.
The characters in this story don't choose sides between good and evil, with the exception of two show more characters. The namesake character Anna Karenina is the embodiment of self-absorbed, arrogant, and uncaring evil. She ruins another life every time she does something, and she knows this. To counter this, Konstantin Levin, despite being a wealthy landowner, shows the good that can come from high society. He is devoted to his wife and child, to his work, and to his workers.
The landscape is breathtaking, and every single location that is explored has its importance. Within the cities of Moscow and Petersburg, the bustle of the people that seems to avoid the highest of society shows how these people lived as opposed to the rest of the Russian people. The constant balls and concerts and galleries that the rich are expected to enjoy is in stark contrast to the poverty of the "muzhik" (peasant). I can see why communism was allowed to explode in a place like this. The country in this story shows an unfiltered beauty that can come from toil and diligent work, while exploring how the high society exploit their land in any and every way. Hunting is a common affair, walking hundreds of acres is a break from the affairs that fill the household, and passions of the landowner are able to be explored. The class divide is stark, but due to Levin's character, is not something that is unbearably cruel.
This book taught me more than most college courses I have taken. From writing technique, to psychology, to religion, to love, this book sets out to teach right and wrong. And it does just that. show less
The characters in this story don't choose sides between good and evil, with the exception of two show more characters. The namesake character Anna Karenina is the embodiment of self-absorbed, arrogant, and uncaring evil. She ruins another life every time she does something, and she knows this. To counter this, Konstantin Levin, despite being a wealthy landowner, shows the good that can come from high society. He is devoted to his wife and child, to his work, and to his workers.
The landscape is breathtaking, and every single location that is explored has its importance. Within the cities of Moscow and Petersburg, the bustle of the people that seems to avoid the highest of society shows how these people lived as opposed to the rest of the Russian people. The constant balls and concerts and galleries that the rich are expected to enjoy is in stark contrast to the poverty of the "muzhik" (peasant). I can see why communism was allowed to explode in a place like this. The country in this story shows an unfiltered beauty that can come from toil and diligent work, while exploring how the high society exploit their land in any and every way. Hunting is a common affair, walking hundreds of acres is a break from the affairs that fill the household, and passions of the landowner are able to be explored. The class divide is stark, but due to Levin's character, is not something that is unbearably cruel.
This book taught me more than most college courses I have taken. From writing technique, to psychology, to religion, to love, this book sets out to teach right and wrong. And it does just that. show less
My first Tolstoy.
A book about death, which suits my tastes perfectly (Disclaimer: I have a morbid obsession with the concept of death).
Having witnessed first-hand a dear family member struggle with death exactly one year ago, I couldn't have read this book at a better time. It is bewildering how we only recognize the inevitability of death and the mortality of our fickle selves when we finally face it, or when someone dear passes away. Only then would we realize how close death is lurking, show more and how life was nothing but a constant struggle with death.
Tolstoy accurately describes what it is like to face death slowly but surely moving towards you. How you cling to life with every speck of hope you can muster out of your feeble self but then when death unveils itself to you, you embrace it and wait for it. But death still mocks you. How your loved ones continue believing there is hope; that you can be saved from its clutches. But only you know the truth. You urge death on to get its job done; to rid yourself of the humility of being weak; of seeing your loved ones' pity and how much of a liability you have become to them now.
I was particularly drawn to the transformation of Ivan Ilych's character from a man obsessed with life (and its minute details) to the entire opposite. It is that critical point of time in one's life that I continuously ponder on. As perplexing and mysterious the ways of death are, I think to be human is not only to recognize one's mortality, but to contemplate it and to embrace it.
5/5 show less
A book about death, which suits my tastes perfectly (Disclaimer: I have a morbid obsession with the concept of death).
Having witnessed first-hand a dear family member struggle with death exactly one year ago, I couldn't have read this book at a better time. It is bewildering how we only recognize the inevitability of death and the mortality of our fickle selves when we finally face it, or when someone dear passes away. Only then would we realize how close death is lurking, show more and how life was nothing but a constant struggle with death.
Tolstoy accurately describes what it is like to face death slowly but surely moving towards you. How you cling to life with every speck of hope you can muster out of your feeble self but then when death unveils itself to you, you embrace it and wait for it. But death still mocks you. How your loved ones continue believing there is hope; that you can be saved from its clutches. But only you know the truth. You urge death on to get its job done; to rid yourself of the humility of being weak; of seeing your loved ones' pity and how much of a liability you have become to them now.
I was particularly drawn to the transformation of Ivan Ilych's character from a man obsessed with life (and its minute details) to the entire opposite. It is that critical point of time in one's life that I continuously ponder on. As perplexing and mysterious the ways of death are, I think to be human is not only to recognize one's mortality, but to contemplate it and to embrace it.
5/5 show less
“The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience”
The above lines of War and Peace aptly describe my experience of completing this behemoth of a Russian epic. As a kid, I had an understanding that one may call oneself a true literature aficionado, or a bibliophile if one can accomplish reading a classic endowed with a page count of at least a thousand pages. Over the years, that conception has been greatly altered. I have come to the realisation that some books can say a show more lot more in a few pages than the others that fail to enrapture or engage even with enormous word counts. That being said, if you feel I’m digressing from the main point of this review, then I am not. Because War and Peace takes the cake for quintessential literature that balances a character driven storyline along with pages, and pages of philosophical digressions. But while reading the book, if you ever feel disheartened by the latter, just remember the first quote and bear with it, because when Tolstoy’s not filling his pages with his deep (a convenient term for concepts where you feel you’re out of depth) philosophical meditations on the nature of war and the inevitability of life and fate, he is concocting few of the most iconic and human characters.
Set in Tsarist Russia amidst the Napoleonic war, the novel is set over a period of seven years (fourteen if you count the epilogue) from 1805 to 1812. Alternating between the setting of posh social gatherings of Moscow and St. Petersburg, and battlegrounds of Austria, Poland, and eventually Russia, the book gives an insight into the lives of Russian nobility as they go through the tumultuous period of war, and peace, and war again. But the core of this epic, in my opinion, is formed by the fictitious characters that Tolstoy sketches and places in this historical settings. Characters such as Pierre Bezukhov, Andrei and Marie Bolkonsky, Natasha Rostov are some of the deeply human characters, each with their own shade of grey. They are flawed people, and trying to make sense of the situation that has been thrust upon them in a war torn Russia. Bezukhov’s search for meaning and virtue, balancing his hedonistic tendencies and his inner conscience to become a better human is a beautiful arc in the novel. There are also some of the famous historical figures presented as characters in the novel such as Napoleon, Kuzutov, Tsar Alexander, and more. Apart from the intermittent meanderings by Tolstoy regarding his commentary on significant historical battles and futility of wondering “what ifs” that sometime leave you exhausted, my primary complaint from his magnum opus is the incomplete ending that leaves much to be desired. Over the book, Tolstoy introduces a plethora of personalities, even provides us with their background, given them a personality of their own, with their ambitions, their flaws. But at end of the story, refuses to give us even a hint about their fates, which as you must agree, is quite frustrating, and feels almost akin to betrayal.
It took me a period of a year to complete this book. That says a lot about me than what it says about the book, though. But in all seriousness, this is a book that does demand your time and patience. Rarely will you find a piece of literature that combines history, philosophy and drama with such richness in detail.
Rating: 5/5
Here are a few more quotes from the book that I found memorable and insightful, in the hope that it may nudge you on that path of wanting to read this book:
“Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.”
“The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, and light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness.”
“A man on a thousand-mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.’”
“If everyone fought for their own convictions, there would be no war.”
“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” show less
The above lines of War and Peace aptly describe my experience of completing this behemoth of a Russian epic. As a kid, I had an understanding that one may call oneself a true literature aficionado, or a bibliophile if one can accomplish reading a classic endowed with a page count of at least a thousand pages. Over the years, that conception has been greatly altered. I have come to the realisation that some books can say a show more lot more in a few pages than the others that fail to enrapture or engage even with enormous word counts. That being said, if you feel I’m digressing from the main point of this review, then I am not. Because War and Peace takes the cake for quintessential literature that balances a character driven storyline along with pages, and pages of philosophical digressions. But while reading the book, if you ever feel disheartened by the latter, just remember the first quote and bear with it, because when Tolstoy’s not filling his pages with his deep (a convenient term for concepts where you feel you’re out of depth) philosophical meditations on the nature of war and the inevitability of life and fate, he is concocting few of the most iconic and human characters.
Set in Tsarist Russia amidst the Napoleonic war, the novel is set over a period of seven years (fourteen if you count the epilogue) from 1805 to 1812. Alternating between the setting of posh social gatherings of Moscow and St. Petersburg, and battlegrounds of Austria, Poland, and eventually Russia, the book gives an insight into the lives of Russian nobility as they go through the tumultuous period of war, and peace, and war again. But the core of this epic, in my opinion, is formed by the fictitious characters that Tolstoy sketches and places in this historical settings. Characters such as Pierre Bezukhov, Andrei and Marie Bolkonsky, Natasha Rostov are some of the deeply human characters, each with their own shade of grey. They are flawed people, and trying to make sense of the situation that has been thrust upon them in a war torn Russia. Bezukhov’s search for meaning and virtue, balancing his hedonistic tendencies and his inner conscience to become a better human is a beautiful arc in the novel. There are also some of the famous historical figures presented as characters in the novel such as Napoleon, Kuzutov, Tsar Alexander, and more. Apart from the intermittent meanderings by Tolstoy regarding his commentary on significant historical battles and futility of wondering “what ifs” that sometime leave you exhausted, my primary complaint from his magnum opus is the incomplete ending that leaves much to be desired. Over the book, Tolstoy introduces a plethora of personalities, even provides us with their background, given them a personality of their own, with their ambitions, their flaws. But at end of the story, refuses to give us even a hint about their fates, which as you must agree, is quite frustrating, and feels almost akin to betrayal.
It took me a period of a year to complete this book. That says a lot about me than what it says about the book, though. But in all seriousness, this is a book that does demand your time and patience. Rarely will you find a piece of literature that combines history, philosophy and drama with such richness in detail.
Rating: 5/5
Here are a few more quotes from the book that I found memorable and insightful, in the hope that it may nudge you on that path of wanting to read this book:
“Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.”
“The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, and light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness.”
“A man on a thousand-mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.’”
“If everyone fought for their own convictions, there would be no war.”
“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” show less
Patriotism & Government suffers, through no fault of its own, of being a product of its time. Its references to Christianity being the pinnacle of human morality has been proven wrong again and again (which Tolstoy alludes to being a possibility through the incorporation of a quote from an American source).
Beyond that, Tolstoy frequently groups taxation and the press (and even teachers) in with the evils of the state. This is a problem because these ideas have been so twisted and are used so show more pervasively by the insidious nationalist forces of today that the text runs the risk of being perverted into something it is not, namely an individualist, religiously motivated social-Darwinian pillar, a call to eliminate 'other' states while enabling the 'right' one. No statist patriot today likes taxation or journalists or professors; quite the opposite, they are their strongest opposers. Nor do they uphold Christianity as a peaceful, non-statist force; they use it as an exclusionary club to weed out patriots from non-patriots. Not only that, the taxation, press and educators of today are hardly exclusively statist enforcers.
Tolstoy is actually calling for internationalism, unity of people the world over, and makes some remarkably prescient observations (the virtues of feminism and vegetarianism come to mind) while even alluding to elements of intersectionality, but frequently falls back on Christianity to justify his positions. This makes this text difficult for young people without their first having had lots of time devoted to pre-teaching serious critical thinking and close reading skills in regard to such specific aspects of it.
Further, while very possibly an effect of translation, his frequent invocation of 'evil' is particularly jarring. Scholars today are very wary of applying moral certitudes to complex social structures, and rightfully so. In fact, his use of the word makes it very easy to twist the text into a moralistic pretext for violence, the very thing he hopes to eradicate, for why should something 'evil' be allowed to exist for even another moment?
Anyway, this has been rambly. Taxation is not evil. Yes, much of one's taxes being given to the military-industrial complex is wildly dangerous and violent and should be opposed, but a refusal to pay for public schooling, green public works and healthcare is not something to be praised. This distinction is one that needs to be made but unfortunately isn't in Patriotism & Government (because, of course, in the era in which it was written, these ideas did not yet exist).
Very much want to rate this higher, namely because I agree that patriotism is a great danger in the world, but the text's easy opportunity for being twisted into something it isn't and thus its limited usefulness in moving the progressive conversation further forward without extreme attention to context makes me wary to do so. show less
Beyond that, Tolstoy frequently groups taxation and the press (and even teachers) in with the evils of the state. This is a problem because these ideas have been so twisted and are used so show more pervasively by the insidious nationalist forces of today that the text runs the risk of being perverted into something it is not, namely an individualist, religiously motivated social-Darwinian pillar, a call to eliminate 'other' states while enabling the 'right' one. No statist patriot today likes taxation or journalists or professors; quite the opposite, they are their strongest opposers. Nor do they uphold Christianity as a peaceful, non-statist force; they use it as an exclusionary club to weed out patriots from non-patriots. Not only that, the taxation, press and educators of today are hardly exclusively statist enforcers.
Tolstoy is actually calling for internationalism, unity of people the world over, and makes some remarkably prescient observations (the virtues of feminism and vegetarianism come to mind) while even alluding to elements of intersectionality, but frequently falls back on Christianity to justify his positions. This makes this text difficult for young people without their first having had lots of time devoted to pre-teaching serious critical thinking and close reading skills in regard to such specific aspects of it.
Further, while very possibly an effect of translation, his frequent invocation of 'evil' is particularly jarring. Scholars today are very wary of applying moral certitudes to complex social structures, and rightfully so. In fact, his use of the word makes it very easy to twist the text into a moralistic pretext for violence, the very thing he hopes to eradicate, for why should something 'evil' be allowed to exist for even another moment?
Anyway, this has been rambly. Taxation is not evil. Yes, much of one's taxes being given to the military-industrial complex is wildly dangerous and violent and should be opposed, but a refusal to pay for public schooling, green public works and healthcare is not something to be praised. This distinction is one that needs to be made but unfortunately isn't in Patriotism & Government (because, of course, in the era in which it was written, these ideas did not yet exist).
Very much want to rate this higher, namely because I agree that patriotism is a great danger in the world, but the text's easy opportunity for being twisted into something it isn't and thus its limited usefulness in moving the progressive conversation further forward without extreme attention to context makes me wary to do so. show less
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