TOLSTOI, Count Lyof. [Leo Tolstoy].
A Russian Proprietor and Other Stories.
London: Walter Scott , 1888.
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First edition in English of Leo Tolstoy's A Russian Proprietor and Other Stories
First English edition of this collection outlining Tolstoy's religious journey, including My Confession, My Religion and The Gospel in Brief. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. In fine condition. A superior example.
Generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time, Leo Tolstoy is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, and Hadji Murad. Tolstoy had a profound moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870's which he outlined in his work, A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. His ideas of nonviolent resistance which he shared in his work The Kingdom of God is Within You, had a profound impact on figures such as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Russian Proprietor and Other Stories.
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