Tolstoy's Diaries Volume 2: 1895-1910

Tolstoy's Diaries Volume 2: 1895-1910
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 477
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ISBN-10 : 9780571324064
ISBN-13 : 0571324061
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Book Synopsis Tolstoy's Diaries Volume 2: 1895-1910 by : Reginald F Christian

Download or read book Tolstoy's Diaries Volume 2: 1895-1910 written by Reginald F Christian and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important and long-overdue contribution to our knowledge of Tolstoy.' D. M. Thomas, Sunday Times Volume 2 of Tolstoy's Diaries covers the years 1895-1910. These Diaries were meticulously edited by R.F. Christian so as to reflect Tolstoy's preoccupations as a writer (his views on his own work and that of others), his development as a person and as a thinker, and his attitudes to contemporary social problems, rural life, industrialisation, education, and later, to religious and spiritual questions. Christian introduces each period with a brief and informative summary of the main biographical details of Tolstoy's life. The result is a unique portrait of a great writer in the variegation of his everyday existence. 'As a picture of the turbulent Russian world which Tolstoy inhabited these diaries are incomparable - the raw stuff not yet processed into art.' Anthony Burgess 'A model of scholarship, one of the most important books to be published in recent years.' A. N. Wilson, Spectator


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