The Programmed Classics: War and Peace
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The Programmed Classics: The Complete 16 Volume Set - 1st Edition of the Programmed Classics: Hardcover with silver gilded spines and cover. Complete set of 16 volumes in near fine, unread condition. Minor scuffing from shelf wear and minor bending at the tops of the spines on a few volumes. The following volumes are included in this collection; 1. The Iliad 2. The Last Days of Pompei 3. Canterbury Tales 4. Essays and Journals 5. War and Peace 6. Seven Pillars of Wisdom 7. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Pt 1 8. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Pt 2 9. The Arabian Nights 10. Crime and Punishment 11. The Odyssey 12. Divine Comedy 13. Bulfinch's Mythology 14. Travels of Marco Polo 15. Byron, Keats & Shelley 16. The show more Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. show less
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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 fiction includes dozens of short stories and several show more 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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