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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 ...
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (also Romanized Ilich, Ilych, Ilyitch; Russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, romanized: Smert' Ivána Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s.
Leo Tolstoy in his later years; early-20th century References and footnotes This is a list of works by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), including his novels, novellas, short stories, fables and parables, plays, and nonfiction.
Tolstoy was moved by Koni's story, partly because it resembled an incident from his own life. For shortly before his death he told his biographer of two seductions in his life which he could never forget: "The second was the crime I committed with the servant Masha in my aunt's house. She was a virgin.
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), Russian writer Suspected to have had syphilis [9] Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), French novelist Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher Cause of death disputed, but syphilis or mercury poisoning from syphilis treatment are leading theories. Bram Stoker (1847–1912), Irish author
Getty Images I have a love/hate relationship with Leo Tolstoy. I love his fiction, and for that reason keep feeling compelled to learn more about his life, but then am driven away by his faults.
There Are No Guilty People" (AKA: "There Are No Guilty People in the World") is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in 1909. [1] According to the Cambridge Companion on Tolstoy, the work is directed against the death penalty. It was incomplete, and when published after Tolstoy's death, resulted in a flood of letters, the reaction mixed.
Gifford, Henry (ed) Leo Tolstoy (Penguin Critical Anthologies, 1971) Herman, David. "Stricken by Infection: Art and Adultery in Anna Karenina and Kreutzer Sonata." Slavic Review 56.1 (1997): 15-36. Holbrook, David. Tolstoy, woman, and death: a study of War and peace and Anna Karenina (Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1997) online.