Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana : his life and work in the charmed world of his estate
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Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana : his life and work in the charmed world of his estate
Cornelia & Michael Bessie Books, c1991
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-169) and index
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Yasnaya Polyana was Tolstoy's estate in Russia. Sometimes it was his sanctuary and sometimes his personal hell. This book explores Tolstoy's complex relationship with, and the great influences of his home, bringing this man, his family and his philosophy to life. The book shows how Yasnaya Polyana became the central metaphor in Tolstoy's life - a substitute for the mother he never knew and the root system from which sprang "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina". It also looks at the ironies that tormented Tolstoy as he idolized the peasant, and yet in many ways lived like the count he was, and sketched the people that surrounded him, many of whom served as the basis for his most memorable fictional characters.
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