Tolstoy

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A biography of nineteenth-century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, discussing his childhood and youth, his stint in the military, his discovery of Europe, his relationships, and his writing.

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Title Statements

Full title :Tolstoy / by Henri Troyat ; translated from the French by Nancy Amphoux.

Summary

A biography of nineteenth-century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, discussing his childhood and youth, his stint in the military, his discovery of Europe, his relationships, and his writing.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2001
Edition:1st Grove Press ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Grove Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2001

Notes

Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1967.

The Physical Object

Description:iv, 762 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0802137687, 9780802137685
oclc:ocm45195641
LC Classification:PG3385
Dewey Decimal:891.73/3

Before Leo Tolstoy -- Childhood -- The world outside -- Kazan -- Wild oats -- The Caucasus -- Sevastopol -- Introduction to civilian life -- Discovery of Europe -- A few false starts -- Second trip abroad -- "Arbiter of the peace" and schoolmaster -- Betrothal -- A terrifying happiness -- The great labor -- "War and Peace" -- The night at Arzamas -- Interim -- "Anna Karenina" -- Art and faith -- "The horrors of the city; the appeal of the "dark one" -- The temptation of sainthood -- "The Kreutzer Sonata" -- Famine and strife -- Sonya's folly; "What is Art?" -- "Resurrection"; the Dukhbors -- Excommunication; the Crimea -- The Russo-Japanese War -- Day pass, and a birthday -- Re-enter Chekhov -- Last will and testament -- Flight -- Post mortem.