Publication

2011 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston [Mass.], Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

144,000 words, Guess

Page Count

576 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

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Classifications

  • DDC891.73/3
  • LCCPG3385 .B37 2011

Description

Bartlett draws extensively on key Russian sources, including much fascinating new material made available since the collapse of the Soviet Union. She sheds light on Tolstoy's remarkable journey from callow youth to writer to prophet; discusses his troubled relationship with his wife, Sonya, a subject long neglected; and vividly evokes the Russian landscapes Tolstoy so loved. Above all, she gives us an eloquent portrait of the brilliant, maddening, and contrary man who has, once again, been discovered by a new generation of readers.

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