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Tolstoy cites the time, effort, public funds, and public respect spent on art and artists [2] as well as the imprecision of general opinions on art [3] as reason for writing the book. In his words, "it is difficult to say what is meant by art, and especially what is good, useful art, art for the sake of which we might condone such sacrifices as ...
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy [note 1] (/ ˈ t oʊ l s t ɔɪ, ˈ t ɒ l-/; [1] Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, [note 2] IPA: [ˈlʲef nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ⓘ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 – 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), [2] usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Books by Leo Tolstoy" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total ...
"Apropos of A. I. Ershov's Book Recollections from Sevastopol" (1889) Introduction to the Russian translation of Alice Stockham's Tokology: A Book for Every Woman (1890) "The First Step": An introduction to the Russian translation of Howard Williams's The Ethics of Diet (1891) Introduction to Henri-Frédéric Amiel's Journal (1893)
A Calendar of Wisdom (Russian: Круг чтения, Krug chtenia), also known as Path of life, A Cycle of Readings or Wise Thoughts for Every Day, is a collection of insights and wisdom compiled by Leo Tolstoy between 1903 and 1911 that was published in three different editions. An English translation by Archibald J. Wolfe of the first ...
A North Carolina father is facing criminal charges after authorities allege he left his child isolated in a room with a space heater for more than 12 hours, leading to his death.
Wawa and a police carThis guy gave new meaning to the slogan “Gottahava Wawa.” Police in East Windsor, N.J., arrested a 24-year-old man on Dec. 23, and charged him with...
Aelita (Russian: Аэлита) also known as Aelita, or The Decline of Mars is a 1923 science fiction novel by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy.. In 1935–1938 the author considerably reworked it into a novel suitable for children and young adults, published in 1938 by Detizdat, "School Library" series.