Title Tolstoy and Tolstaya : a portrait of a life in letters / translated from the Russian by John Woodsworth, Arkadi Klioutchanski & Liudmila Gladkova ; with a foreword by Vladimir Tolstoy ; edited and with an introduction by Andrew Donskov

Published Ottawa, Ontario : University of Ottawa Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource lxxviii, 430 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map, genealogical tables Summary Tolstoy and Tolstaya's legacy is still regarded as one of the greatest contributions to Russian history and world literature, while their daily life has been recorded through their correspondence. This work presents the last 239 letters plus 11 hitherto unpublished letters between the spouses, painting a remarkable portrait of their life and times "Both Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) and his wife Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya (1844-1919) were prolific letter writers. Lev Nikolaevich wrote approximately 10,000 letters over his lifetime -- 840 of these addressed to his wife. Letters written by (or to) Sofia Andreevna over her lifetime also numbered in the thousands. When Tolstaya published Lev Nikolaevich's letters to her, she declined to include any of her 644 letters to her husband. The absence of half their correspondence obscured the underlying significance of many of his comments to her and occasionally led the reader to wrong conclusions. The current volume, in presenting a constantly unfolding dialogue between the Tolstoy-Tolstaya couple -- mostly for the first time in English translation -- offers unique insights into the minds of two fascinating individuals over the 48-year period of their conjugal life. Not only do we 'peer into the souls' of these deep-thinking correspondents by penetrating their immediate and extended family life -- full of joy and sadness, bliss and tragedy but we also observe, as in a generation-spanning chronicle, a variety of scenes of Russian society, from rural peasants to lords and ladies. This hard-cover, illustrated critical edition includes a foreword by Vladimir Il'ich Tolstoy (Lev Tolstoy's great-great-grandson), introduction, maps, genealogy, as well as eleven additional letters by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya published here for the very first time in either Russian or English translation."-- Publisher's website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Translated from the Russian, with selections in Russian with parallel English translations from the Russian Subject Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Correspondence Tolstai︠a︡, S. A. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna), 1844-1919 -- Correspondence SUBJECT Tolstai͡a, S. A. (Sofʹi͡a Andreevna), 1844-1919 -- Correspondence Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Correspondence Tolstai︠a︡, S. A. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna), 1844-1919 fast Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 fast Subject Authors, Russian -- 19th century -- Correspondence Authors' spouses -- Russia -- Correspondence BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. Authors, Russian Authors' spouses Genre/Form Electronic books Personal correspondence Form Electronic book Author Tolstai︠a︡, S. A. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna), 1844-1919, author. Donskov, Andrew, 1939- editor. Woodsworth, John, 1944- translator. Klioutchanski, Arkadi, 1965- translator. Gladkova, L. V., 1955- translator. Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Correspondence. Selections. English. Tolstai︠a︡, S. A. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Andreevna), 1844-1919. Correspondence. Selections. English ISBN 9780776624723 0776624725 9780776624730 0776624733 9780776624747 0776624741

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