Tolstoy's letters / selected, edited, and translated by R. F. Christian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910

Contributor:

Christian, R. F. (Reginald Frank)

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. English. 1978

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Correspondence.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Authors, Russian--19th century--Correspondence.

Authors, Russian.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Autobiographies.

Personal correspondence.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy v. 1 & 2)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy v. 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xiii, 737 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1978]

Contents:

v. 1. 1828-1879.

v. 2. 1880-1910.

Notes:

"Professor Christian has selected and translated 608 of the several thousand letters that illuminate Tolstoy's life and character, his personal relationships, his works of fiction, and his religious, political, and artistic views. The publication of these important letters coincides with the 150th anniversary of Tolstoy's birth."--Dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy v. 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy v. 1 & 2: dust jackets retained.

Potok Collection copy v. 1 & 2 have autograph of "Chaim Potok 1978".

Potok Collection copy v. 1 & 2 housed in slipcase.

ISBN:

0684155966

0684156709

0684156717

OCLC:

3964072