leo tolstoy

     

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (September 9 [O.S. August 28] 1828 – November 20 [O.S. November 7] 1910) (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, Russian pronunciation: [lʲɛv nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] listen (help·info)), commonly referre to in English as Leo (Lyof, Lyoff) Tolstoy, was a Russian writer – novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher – as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influential member of the aristocratic Tolstoy family.

Trivia about leo tolstoy

  • This "War and Peace" author's play "The Power of Darkness" was once banned in his native Russia
  • "Two Hussars" is a short story by this author of the very long novel "War and Peace"
  • When it comes to "War And Peace", he wrote the book
  • This literary count was born in 1828 at Yasnaya Polyana, the estate where he lived most of his life
  • "Happy families are all alike" begins his "Anna Karenina"
  • "Kholstomer" by this "War And Peace" author is a satire on human beings from a horse's point of view
  • His "Anna Karenina" was originally published in installments between 1875 & 1877
  • His writing career began with the short novel "Detstvo" in 1852; the much longer pieces came later
  • "The Memoirs of a Billiard-Marker" is a short story by this author of the very long "War and Peace"
  • He originally wanted to title his 1860s classic "All's Well That Ends Well", but settled for "War And Peace"
  • In addition to his novels, this Russian count wrote religious essays like 1884's "What I Believe"
  • After this epic Russian novelist didn't win in 1901, he wrote a letter declining the prize thereafter
  • His epic novel "War And Peace" features over 500 characters
  • His father was also a count; his mother was Princess Volkonskaya
  • This Russian count's "confession" of 1882 is among his most revealing works
  • "...They ought to find a way of being inoculated against love" is a line from his "Anna Karenina"
  • "The Hedgehog and the Fox" is an essay on this Russian count's view of history
  • You can visit the Moscow house where this author & some of his 13--"count" 'em--kids spent time from 1882 to 1901