Tolstoy, Leo

The story of the life and death at the age of forty-five, of a high court prosecutor in 19th-century Russia, it is an intense and moving examination of loss and the possibilities of redemption, in which Tolstoy explores the dichotomy between the artificial and the authentic life.

In nineteenth-century Russia, the wife of an important government official loses her family and social status when she chooses the love of Count Vronsky over a passionless marriage.

Collects the annotated texts of ten short stories written between 1855 and 1905 by nineteenth-century Russian author Leo Tolstoy, and includes two memoirs, excerpts from his diaries and letters, and critical essays.

A collection of essays by Leo Tolstoy that examine the importance of art and its applications to society, religion, and science.

Presents eight shorter works by nineteenth-century Russian author Leo Tolstoy, including "The Cossacks," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," and "Family Happiness.".

Olenin, a young Russian nobleman who is disillusioned with Moscow society, decides to seek a simpler life in the society of the Cossacks.

Documents the spiritual crisis experienced by Russian author Leo Tolstoy in 1879, when at the age of fifty-one, and with two monumental works already published, he decided he had accomplished nothing of lasting value in his lifetime.