Lev Tolstoy
Author : Виктор Шкловский
Publisher :
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 48,66 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Authors, Russian
ISBN :
Tolstoy
Author : Rosamund Bartlett
Publisher : HMH
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 34,59 MB
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0547545878
Book Description
This biography of the brilliant author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina “should become the first resort for everyone drawn to its titanic subject” (Booklist, starred review). In November 1910, Count Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station. At the time of his death, he was the most famous man in Russia, more revered than the tsar, with a growing international following. Born into an aristocratic family, Tolstoy spent his existence rebelling against not only conventional ideas about literature and art but also traditional education, family life, organized religion, and the state. In “an epic biography that does justice to an epic figure,” Rosamund Bartlett draws extensively on key Russian sources, including fascinating material that has only become available since the collapse of the Soviet Union (Library Journal, starred review). She sheds light on Tolstoy’s remarkable journey from callow youth to writer to prophet; discusses his troubled relationship with his wife, Sonya; and vividly evokes the Russian landscapes Tolstoy so loved and the turbulent times in which he lived.
Lev Tolstoy in his life
Author : Gladkova L.V.
Publisher : "Издательство ""Проспект"""
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 28,97 MB
Release : 2015-12-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 5392097731
Book Description
The photo album is dedicated to the life of Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy – a great Russian writer. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction. Many consider Tolstoy to have been one of the world's greatest novelists. This book represents the history of his photos taken from 1900 to 1905 included. This period of time was full of important events in the writer’s life and in the current reality to which the writer was strongly responsive. Most photos of Lev Tolstoy published in this album were taken by amateurs, i.e. members of his family, his friends and acquaintances.
Death and the Meaning of Life
Author : graf Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781560727040
Book Description
Presents materials that reveal the essence of Tolstoy's beliefs on immortality, death, God, and the meaning of life. Contains two booklets ("About Immortality" No. 751 and "About Death" No. 752) compiled by Tolstoy comprising quotations from various philosophers explaining the meaning that death gives to life; essays explaining the actions that Tolstoy thought must be taken to grow spiritually; and finally, diary entries (translated here for the first time in English) pertaining to spiritual themes made during the last year of Tolstoy's life.
The Kreutzer Sonata Variations
Author : Michael R. Katz
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0300210396
Book Description
A work unprecedented in world literature, this unique volume contains a new translation of Lev Tolstoy’s controversial novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. In addition, available to English readers for the first time is a fascinating and previously neglected constellation of counterstories written by the author’s wife and son in direct response to Tolstoy’s provocative tale, each a passionate attempt to undo the message of the original work. These radically conflicting tales, accompanied by excerpts from family letters, diaries, notes, and memoirs, provide readers with a vivid and highly revealing case study of the powerful disputes concerning sexuality and gender roles that erupted within the cultural context of late-nineteenth-century Russian, as well as European, society.
Lev and Sonya
Author : Louise Smoluchowski
Publisher : Putnam Adult
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
Story of the Tolstoy Marriage.
A Calendar of Wisdom
Author : Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 27,86 MB
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1439130957
Book Description
This collection of daily thoughts to nourish the soul from the world’s sacred texts by Leo Tolstoy feature gems of inspiration and wisdom—author Thomas Keneally calls this book “transcendent, and that we are grateful he lived long enough to endow us with his grand inheritance.” This is the first-ever English-language edition of the book Leo Tolstoy considered to be his most important contribution to humanity, the work of his life's last years. Widely read in pre-revolutionary Russia, banned and forgotten under Communism; and recently rediscovered to great excitement, A Calendar of Wisdom is a day-by-day guide that illuminates the path of a life worth living with a brightness undimmed by time. Unjustly censored for nearly a century, it deserves to be placed with the few books in our history that will never cease teaching us the essence of what is important in this world.
Resurrection
Author : Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : Xist Publishing
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 34,93 MB
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1623959136
Book Description
Tolstoy's Final Novel “It was clear that everything considered important and good was insignificant and repulsive, and that all this glamour and luxury hid the old well-known crimes, which not only remained unpunished but were adorned with all the splendor men can devise.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Resurrection A nobleman seeks to right a past sin and discovers he's been living in a golden world of privilege. When he visits the prison where his former maid has been sentenced, he is awakened to a world of oppression, injustice and barbarity. Resurrection is not Tolstoy's most famous novel, but it was his best-selling book. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
War & Peace
Author : graf Leo Tolstoy
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
ISBN :
Book Description
What Is Art and Essays on Art
Author : Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 32,90 MB
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1528769643
Book Description
Originally published in 1930, this book contains the widely respected essay 'What Is Art', by the well-known Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, and is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of any fan of his works. Many of these earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
