Leo Tolstoy / Andrei Zorin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zorin, Andreĭ (Andreĭ Leonidovich), 1956- author.

Series:

Critical Lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Novelists, Russian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, [2020]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Leo Tolstoy

Contents

Abbreviations

1: An Ambitious Orphan

2: A Married Genius

3: A Lonely Leader

4: A Fugitive Celebrity

References

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Photo Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78914-256-3

9781789142563