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"An important and long-overdue contribution to our knowledge of Tolstoy." (D. M. Thomas, Sunday Times). Volume 2 of Tolstoy's Diaries covers the years 1895-1910. These diaries were meticulously edited by R. F. Christian so as to reflect Tolstoy's preoccupations as a writer (his views on his own work and that of others), his development as a person and as a thinker, and his attitudes to contemporary social problems, rural life, industrialisation, education, and later, to religious and spiritual questions. Christian introduces each period with a brief and informative summary of the main biographical details of Tolstoy's life. The result is a unique portrait of a great writer in the variegation of his everyday existence. "As a picture of the turbulent Russian world which Tolstoy inhabited these diaries are incomparable - the raw stuff not yet processed into art." (Anthony Burgess). "A model of scholarship, one of the most important books to be published in recent years." (A. N. Wilson, Spectator).

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: literary

• Full title: Tolstoy's Diaries Volume 2: 1895-1910
• Author: R. F. Christian, Leo Tolstoy
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• EAN: 9780571324057
• ISBN: 0571324053
• ID: 09037488
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Weight: 560 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 153 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. February 2015

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