Leo Tolstoy
When he arrived in Moscow in 1851, a young Leo Tolstoy set himself three immediate aims: to gamble, to marry and to obtain a post. At that time he managed only the first. The writer's momentous life would be full of forced breaks and abrupt departures, from the death of his beloved parents to an abandonment of the social class into which he had been born.0Andrei Zorin skilfully pieces together Tolstoy's life, offering an account of the novelist's deepest feelings and motives, and a brilliant in…
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- Full title :Leo Tolstoy / Andrei Zorin.
Summary
When he arrived in Moscow in 1851, a young Leo Tolstoy set himself three immediate aims: to gamble, to marry and to obtain a post. At that time he managed only the first. The writer's momentous life would be full of forced breaks and abrupt departures, from the death of his beloved parents to an abandonment of the social class into which he had been born.0Andrei Zorin skilfully pieces together Tolstoy's life, offering an account of the novelist's deepest feelings and motives, and a brilliant interpretation of his major works, including the celebrated novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
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- Publication Date:2020.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Reaktion books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : 40 halftones
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1789142563, 9781789142563
- oclc:on1152261623
- LC Classification:PG3385
- Dewey Decimal:891.73/3
Table of Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Imprint Page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1: An Ambitious Orphan -- 2: A Married Genius -- 3: A Lonely Leader -- 4: A Fugitive Celebrity -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements
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