THE COMPLETE NOVELS OF LEO TOLSTOY & other stories

by Leo Tolstoy

Overview

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Tolstoy is equally known for his complicated and paradoxical persona and for his extreme moralistic and ascetic views, which he adopted after a moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became noted as a moral thinker and social reformer.
This collection includes 14 Works:
WAR AND PEACE
ANNA KARENINA
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU
MASTER AND MAN
CHILDHOOD
THE AWAKENING
THE FORGED COUPON
THE COSSACKS
WHERE LOVE IS THERE GOD IS ALSO
BOYHOOD
FATHER SERGIUS
YOUTH
A RUSSIAN PROPRIETOR AND OTHER STORIES
WHAT MEN LIVE BY, AND OTHER TALES

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016302775
Publisher:	Unforgotten Classics
Publication date:	09/21/2014
Series:	Unforgotten Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

A Russian author of novels, short stories, plays, and philosophical essays, Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born into an aristocratic family and is best known for the epic books War and Peace and Anna Karenina, regarded as two of the greatest works of Russian literature. After serving in the Crimean War, Tolstoy retired to his estate and devoted himself to writing, farming, and raising his large family. His novels and outspoken social polemics brought him world-wide fame.

Date of Birth:

September 9, 1828

Date of Death:

November 20, 1910

Place of Birth:

Tula Province, Russia

Place of Death:

Astapovo, Russia

Education:

Privately educated by French and German tutors; attended the University of Kazan, 1844-47