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The first new biography in twenty years of the literary colossus, spiritual leader, and icon of the nineteenth century "Conveys Tolstoy to me more vividly than any biography I have read."--A. N. Wilson, Financial Times "Engaging . . . impressive."--Claire Messud, Telegraph. Front Cover -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- Also by Rosamund Bartlett -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Map: The Western Russian Empire in the Reign of Nicholas I -- Chronology -- Tolstoy Family Tree -- Bers Family Tree -- Note on Conventions -- Introduction -- 1 Ancestors: The Tolstoys and the Volkonskys -- 2 Aristocratic Childhood -- 3 Orphanhood -- 4 Youth -- 5 Landowner, Gambler, Offi cer, Writer -- 6 Literary Duellist and Repentant Nobleman -- 7 Husband, Beekeeper, and Epic Poet -- 8 Student, Teacher, Father -- 9 Novelist -- Photos -- 10 Pilgrim, Nihilist, Muzhik -- 11 Sectarian, Anarchist, Holy Fool -- 12 Elder, Apostate, and Tsar -- Epilogue: Patriarch of the Bolsheviks -- Notes -- Further Reading in English -- Select Bibliography -- List of Illustrations and Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
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