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2 days ago · Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy [note 1] (/ ˈ t oʊ l s t ɔɪ, ˈ t ɒ l-/; [1] Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, [note 2] IPA: [ˈlʲef nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ⓘ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 – 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), [2] usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer ...
Sep 5, 2024 · Learn about the life and works of Leo Tolstoy, one of the world's greatest novelists and a master of realistic fiction. Explore his childhood, his achievements, his religious views, and his influence on Gandhi and other writers.
- Gary Saul Morson
- Russian author Leo Tolstoy is considered a master of realistic fiction and one of the world’s greatest novelists, especially known for Anna Karenin...
- Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828, the scion of aristocrats. His mother died before he was two years old, and his father passed away in 1837. After two...
- Upset by an unhappy marriage and by the contradiction between his life and his principles, Leo Tolstoy left his family’s estate in 1910. Despite hi...
- Leo Tolstoy is known primarily for having written the masterpieces War and Peace (1865–69) and Anna Karenina (1875–77), which are commonly regarded...
Sep 5, 2024 · Learn about the life and works of Leo Tolstoy, one of the greatest novelists of all time. Explore his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina, which depict the complexity and chaos of history, society, and human nature.
- Gary Saul Morson
Sep 5, 2024 · Learn about the life and works of Leo Tolstoy, one of the greatest novelists and philosophers of Russian literature. Explore his themes, styles, influences, and legacy in this article by Gary Saul Morson and The Editors of Britannica.
- Gary Saul Morson
5 days ago · Leo Tolstoy — ‘Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.’
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4 days ago · Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky had radically different accounts of religion and its relation to language. In this piece, Professor of Russian John Givens argues that while Tolstoy attempted to create a practical version of Christianity it is ultimately Dostoevsky a who provides readers with a more meaningful account of what it means to embody religion.
1 day ago · 28 Sep 2024, 3:44 am. 2min read. Unexpectedly, Love, Sitara opens with the opening lines of Leo Tolstoy’s magnum opus Anna Karenina: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is ...
