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Americans in conversation with Tolstoy : selected accounts, 1887-1923 / edited by Peter Sekirin.

Van Pelt Library PG3409.7.U6 A48 2006
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Sekirin, Peter.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Appreciation--United States.
Tolstoy, Leo.
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Interviews.
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
Authors, Russian--19th century--Interviews.
Authors, Russian.
United States.
Genre:
Interviews.
Physical Description:
viii, 220 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2006]
Summary:
"Throughout his life, Leo Tolstoy demonstrated a fascination for Americans, a feeling that was reciprocated in the United States. This volume gathers together 30 recollections of such conversations, all originally published in periodicals from 1887 throough 1923. A brief introduction to each piece introduces the author of the narrative, and a bibliographical note indicates the time and place"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
A visit to Count Tolstoy / George Kennan
Count Tolstoy at home / Isabel Hapgood
With Count Tolstoy / Thomas Stevens
A visit to Tolstoy / James Creelman
How Count Tolstoy writes / Charles Johnston
An interview with Count Tolstoy / Edward Steiner
Home life of Tolstoy / John Holmes
A visit to Tolstoy / John Coleman Kenworthy
Russia of to-day : on Tolstoy / Sir Henry Norman
Conversations with Ernest Crosby embodying personal impressions of Count Leo Tolstoy / Ernest Crosby
Walks and talks with Tolstoy / Andrew Dickson White
A recent interview with Tolstoy / Th. Bentzon
Tolstoy today / Edward Steiner ; with translations from His diary and letters
My last memory of Tolstoy / Alexandra Nicchia
My last visit to Tolstoy / Aymler Maude
Tolstoy in 1906 / Louise Maude
Tolstoy prophesies the fall of America / Stephen Bonsul
Tolstoy in the twilight / Henry George, Jr.
Tolstoy at home / Kellogg Durland
The last days of Leo Tolstoy / Alexander Kaun
Talks with Tolstoy / Richard Baeza and Alexander Goldenweiser
Three evenings with Count Leo Tolstoy / N. Everling
A vacation with Tolstoy / Theodore von Hafferberg
A day in Tolstoy's life / Stefan Zweig
How Tolstoy died / General Ivov
What Tolstoy means to America / Virginia Wentz.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.
ISBN:
078642253X
OCLC:
68786775
Publisher Number:
9780786422531

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