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Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy is a Russian writer and philosopher who is widely regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He is best known for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, which are considered masterpieces of realist fiction. Tolstoy also wrote extensively on non-fiction topics such as religion and politics, and his works have had a profound influence on Western culture and philosophy. Here is a selection of news, articles and videos about Tolstoy and his work. 1. Tolstoy’s influence on modern literature - The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/25/leo-tolstoy-influence-modern-literature-russia 2. How Tolstoy’s War and Peace changed literature - BBC Culture https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170622-how-tolstoys-war-and-peace-changed-literature 3. The Life and Legacy of Lev Tolstoy - Biography https://www.biography.com/writer/leo-tolstoy 4. The
Books I Read in February | A Little Blog of Books
Time has run away from me again this month, so I am only just getting round to reviewing the books I read in February starting with No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy by Mark Hodkinson. His part bibliomemoir part cultural history details how he became a voracious reader in Rochdale in the mid-1970s in a working-class…
The Fate of a Charming Woman: Love, Sex, and Drugs in “Anna Karenina” – Thornfield Hall
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. - "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy Russian novelists of the nineteenth century are obsessed with love affairs and unhappy marriages. Having just reread Anna Karenina, Tolstoy's masterpiece, I am left, as always, with compassion for Anna. She is the charming,…
Putting My Shaken House in its New Order: What 2020 Has Taught Me |
I normally compose a year-end post discussing the books I've read and how my reading, writing and thinking about literature progresses and shifts over the course of time. I contemplate my ever- evolving literary choices in light of what George Steiner writes in his essay Tolstoy or Dostoevsky: “Great works of art pass through us like…
A Russian Classic: “Life and Fate,” by Vasily Grossman – Thornfield Hall
Vasily Grossman's brilliant novel, Life and Fate, is in many ways a twentieth-century homage to Tolstoy's War and Peace. Set during World War II, it has a cast of hundreds of characters, who suffer the perils of war and fascism, whether they are civilians or in the military. Some characters quote Tolstoy and discuss his…
A Superfluous Man: Turgenev’s First Novel, “Rudin” – Thornfield Hall
Is Turgenev is the most charming Russian writer of the nineteenth century? Some readers prefer Chekhov’s lyrical, well-turned stories; others are lost in Tolstoy’s brilliant, gigantic novels; and still others swear by Dostoevsky’s psychological comedies. But I return again and again to Turgenev’s deceptively simple novels: I love his exquisite descriptions of nature and his vivid…