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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 ...
What I Believe (Tolstoy book) What Is Art? What Is to Be Done? (Tolstoy book) ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
Alston, Charlotte (2013) Tolstoy and his Disciples: The History of a Radical International Movement, pp. 23–24. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 178076118X; Bartlett, Rosamund (2011) Tolstoy: A Russian Life, p. 318. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0547545878. Donskov, Andrew (2005). Leo Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors. Ottawa, ON: Centre for Research on ...
Most children's stories (such as "A Prisoner in the Caucuses") are contained in the ABC and New ABC books shown in the Pedagogical Works section. Below are the stories not published in the ABC and New ABC books. Stories for Lubki picture books (1885) "Evil Allures, But Good Endures" (lit. "Enemy is Crafty, but God is Strong") ("Вражье ...
The Sevastopol Sketches (pre-reform Russian: Севастопольскіе разсказы, romanized: Sevastópolʹskiye razskázy; post-reform Russian: Севастопольские рассказы, romanized: Sevastópolʹskiye rasskázy), translated into English as Sebastopol Sketches or Sebastopol Stories or Sevastopol, [1] are three short stories by Leo Tolstoy published in 1855 to ...
MSC Cruises extended its cyber week offerings through Dec. 9 so customers who book any cruise of the 23 ship fleet will receive up to 40% off, drinks and Wi-Fi, and an up to $500 onboard credit.
In "A Letter to a Hindu", Tolstoy argued that only through the principle of love could the Indian people gain independence from colonial rule.Tolstoy saw the law of love espoused in all the world's religions, and he argued that the individual, nonviolent application of the law of love in the form of protests, strikes and other forms of peaceful resistance were the only alternative to violent ...
Businesswoman and philanthropist Michele Kang just made a historic donation to women’s soccer. Kang, owner of the professional soccer team Washington Spirit, has pledged $30 million to the girls ...