Leo Tolstoy - Paperback
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Leo Tolstoy - Paperback
$27.00
by Andrei Zorin (Author)
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 and tortuous courtship to a deep spiritual crisis and an abandonment of the social class into which he had been born. He also made several attempts to break up with literature, but each time he returned to writing.
In this original and comprehensive biography, Andrei Zorin skillfully pieces together the life of one of the greatest novelists of all time. He offers both an innovative account of Tolstoy's deepest feelings, emotions, and motives, as reflected in his personal diaries and letters, and a brilliant interpretation of his major works, including his celebrated novels on contemporary Russian society, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, and his significant philosophical writings.Author Biography
Andrei Zorin is professor and chair of Russian at the University of Oxford. He is the author or coauthor of several books on Russian literature and culture, including On The Periphery of Europe 1762-1825: The Self-Invention of the Russian Elite.
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.4 x 9.1 x 5.1 IN
Publication Date: March 16, 2020
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