Leo Tolstoy - Libros y biografía

This collection of daily thoughts to nourish the soul from the world’s sacred texts by Leo Tolstoy feature gems of inspiration and wisdom—author Thomas Keneally calls this book “transcendent, and that...

War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting...

In the lavish and turbulent world of 19th-century Russia passion and society collide in Leo Tolstoy's mesmerizing masterpiece, "Anna Karenina." It's an entrancing saga that immerses you in the opulence...

The flush of morning has but just begun to tinge the sky above Sapun Mountain; the dark blue surface of the sea has already cast aside the shades of night and awaits the first ray to begin a play of merry...

War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature. It is considered...

This book of mine, "What is Art?" appears now for the first time in its true form. More than one edition has already been issued in Russia, but in each case it has been so mutilated by the "Censor," that...

The Act takes place in autumn in a large village. The Scene represents Peter's roomy hut. Peter is sitting on a wooden bench, mending a horse-collar. Anísya and Akoulína are spinning, and singing a part...

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The book was published in 1889 and was promptly censored by the Russian...

Towards the end of 1880, when he was fifty-two, Tolstoy one day approached the young tutor who lived in his house at Yasnaya Polyana, and in great agitation asked him to do him a service. The tutor, seeing...

War and Peace is the mesmerizing 15-book, 1700-page plus story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era told through the eyes of a multitude of characters caught up in a sprawling web of a plot. Leo...

God Sees the Truth, But Waits is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1872. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 – 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was...

Though hundreds of thousands had done their very best to disfigure the small piece of land on which they were crowded together, by paving the ground with stones, scraping away every vestige of vegetation,...

Fresh translations of Tolstoy's richest shorter works by the award-winning Boris Dralyuk Tolstoy's stories contain many of the most acutely observed moments in his monumental body of work. This new selection...

A magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.One of the longest novels in Western literature, Tolstoy's War and Peace intertwines its epic account of...

"I have not always been possessed of the religious ideas set forth in this book. For thirty-five years of my life I was, in the proper acceptation of the word, a nihilist,—not a revolutionary socialist,...

War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It is regarded as one of the central works of world literature. War and Peace and Tolstoy's other major prose work, Anna Karenina (1873–77),...

Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys,...

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist...

In 1884 I wrote a book entitled "My Religion," wherein I formulated my creed. While affirming my faith in the doctrine taught by Christ, I could not refrain from manifesting at the same time the reason...

Something entirely new, unseen and unheard-of formerly, has lately shown itself in our country districts. To our village, consisting of eighty homesteads, from half a dozen to a dozen cold, hungry, tattered...

A shoemaker named Simon, who had neither house nor land of his own, lived with his wife and children in a peasant's hut, and earned his living by his work. Work was cheap, but bread was dear, and what...

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," writes Tolstoy in his literary masterpiece Anna Karenina. Commonly regarded as one of the greatest realist novels ever written,...

Master and Man is a short story by Leo Tolstoy (1895). Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 – 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the...

The flush of morning has but just begun to tinge the sky above Sapun Mountain; the dark blue surface of the sea has already cast aside the shades of night and awaits the first ray to begin a play of merry...

Leo Tolstoy's 'Walk in the Light While There is Light' is a profound work that delves into the themes of moral philosophy and spirituality. Written in Tolstoy's classic narrative style, the book presents...

Leo Tolstoy's 'The Cossacks' is a poignant novella that captures the conflict between civilization and nature, as seen through the eyes of a young Russian aristocrat living among the Cossacks in the Caucasus....

Leo Tolstoy: The Complete Novels presents the reader with a stunning collection of Tolstoy's greatest works, showcasing his unmatched ability to capture the human experience with profound insight. From...

Leo Tolstoy: The Complete Novels (The Giants of Literature - Book 6) is a comprehensive collection of Tolstoy's most famous novels, including War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Known for his detailed character...

Leo Tolstoy's 'War & Peace' is a sweeping literary masterpiece that delves into the complexities of human nature, love, and war. Set against the backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the novel...

Leo Tolstoy's 'The Ultimate Short Stories Collection' showcases the depth and diversity of his storytelling abilities. Within this comprehensive collection, readers will find a range of themes including...