Five years ago, after extensive research, Ernest J. Simmons began his two-volume life and appraisal of Russia’s great writer, Leo Tolstoy. In the first half of this biography, chapters of which were ...

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 greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for ...

The axis of moral struggle, a stroke of salvation–these are the spiritual dimensions of Tolstoy’s late fiction. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...