Tolstoy, Leo graf 1828-1910

War and peace by Leo Tolstoy ( Book )
607 editions published between 1845 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 19,832 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An epic novel featuring the Russian role in the Napoleonic wars and providing a complex panorama of the life of the time

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy ( Book )
1,375 editions published between 1857 and 2014 in 31 languages and held by 17,973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anna Karenina leaves home and husband to give herself to Count Vronsky

Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy ( Book )
333 editions published between 1889 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 6,422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A rich, visual record of the vices of petty officialdom, Tolstoy's novel of spiritual regeneration recounts the sins of a young Russian nobleman and his attempts in later life to redress those transgressions. A panoramic view of Russian social life at the end of the 19th century, Resurrection pointedly articulates the author's contempt for the social injustices of the world in which he lived

Anna Karenina : a novel in eight parts by Leo Tolstoy ( Book )
43 editions published between 1873 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for generations to come

The kingdom of God is within you Christianity not as a mystic religion but as a new theory of life by Leo Tolstoy ( Book )
108 editions published between 1894 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,487 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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The death of Ivan Ilych, and other stories by Leo Tolstoy ( Book )
43 editions published between 1910 and 2012 in English and held by 2,058 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Combining detailed physical description with perceptive psychological insight, Leo Tolstoy realistically sweeps aside the sham of surface appearances to lay bare man's intimates gestures, acts, and thoughts

Twenty-three tales by Leo Tolstoy ( )
58 editions published between 1906 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,975 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 'Twenty-three tales', we see Tolstoy's love of the short story, whether for children or adults; and witness the secret of simplicity and transparency of style, so evident in the great Russian writers. The children's stories remind us of Tolstoy's life-long passion for the schooling and education of peasant children. Of the adult stories, some draw on traditional Russian folk tales, breathe the air old peasant wisdom, and take us deep into the land of snow, bears, heartache and vodka. Other stories reflect Tolstoy's political and moral concerns, such as war, alcohol and greed. 'The artist of the future,' wrote Tolstoy, 'will understand that to compose a fairy tale; a little song which will touch; a lullaby or a riddle which will entertain; a jest which will amuse or draw a sketch such as will delight dozens of generations or millions of children and adults, is incomparably more important and more fruitful than to compose a novel, or a symphony, or paint a picture of the kind which diverts some members of the wealthy classes for a short time and is then for ever forgotten. 'Work while ye have the light,' is Tolstoy in teaching mode. The opening scene is an aristocratic dinner party, at which all the guests declare themselves dissatisfied with their dissolute and useless lives; but find a thousand different reasons why nothing should change. There follows a moral tale, set in the 1st Century AD, when the new Christian sect was just getting noticed by the prevailing Roman Empire. It tells the story of two school friends, Pamphylius and Julius, who take different paths in life; but whose paths keep crossing. Pamphylius joins the Christians, living poor in community, while Julius acquires status and power. Here Tolstoy gives us his picture of authentic Christianity; and gives Julius a choice. -- Simon Parke, author of The One Minute Mystic -- taken from the OverDrive website

The three questions by Jon J Muth ( Book )
10 editions published between 1983 and 2011 in English and French and held by 1,932 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A king visits a hermit to gain answers to three important questions

What is art? by Leo Tolstoy ( Book )
92 editions published between 1898 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,527 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During the decades of his world fame as sage and preacher as well as author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Tolstoy wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. These culminated in What is Art?, published in 1898. Although Tolstoy perceived the question of art to be a religious one, he considered and rejected the idea that art reveals and reinvents through beauty. The works of Dante, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Beethoven, Baudelaire and even his own novels are condemned in the course of Tolstoy's impassioned and iconoclastic redefinition of art as a force for good, for the progress and improvement of mankind. In his illuminating preface Richard Pevear considers What is Art? in relation to the problems of faith and doubt, and the spiritual anguish and fear of death which preoccupied Tolstoy in the last decades of his life

Master and man by Leo Tolstoy ( )
64 editions published between 1878 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,513 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A wealthy merchant and his servant endure a life-and-death struggle with a bone-chilling blizzard. One survives, the other doesn't. But each learns the true meaning of life