Leo Tolstoy
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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.
Tolstoy in 1908
Tolstoy at age 20, c. 1848
Tolstoy's wife Sophia and their daughter Alexandra
Portrait of Leo Tolstoy by Ivan Kramskoi, 1873
War and Peace
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War and Peace is an epic novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and phil
Leo Tolstoy
…semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood and Youth (1852–1856), and with Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based on his experiences in the Crimean War. War and Peace (1869), Anna Karenina (1878), and Resurrection (1899), which is based on his "youthful sins", are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction and three…
Front page of War and Peace sixth volume, first edition, 1869 (Russian)
Tolstoy photographed in 1868, during the composition of War and Peace.
Tolstoy's notes from the ninth draft of War and Peace, 1864.
Cover of War and Peace, Italian translation, 1899.