Author : Rosamund Bartlett
Release : 2011-11-08
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 878/5 ( reviews)

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Tolstoy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tolstoy write by Rosamund Bartlett. This book was released on 2011-11-08. Tolstoy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.