Kissing Tolstoy

Kissing Tolstoy
Author: Penny Reid
Publisher: Cipher-Naught
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2017-11-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1942874359

What do you do when you discover that your super-hot blind date from months ago is now your super-hot Russian Lit professor? You overthink everything and pray for a swift end to your misery, of course! ‘Kissing Tolstoy’ is the first book in the Dear Professor series, is 46k words, and can be read as a standalone. A shorter version of this story (28k words) was entitled ‘Nobody Looks Good in Leather Pants’ and was available via Penny Reid’s newsletter for free over the course of 2017.

Kissing Tolstoy

Kissing Tolstoy
Author: Kissing Tolstoy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-11-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781960342317

Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li

Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li
Author: Yiyun Li
Publisher: Public Space Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-08-10
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781734590760

A reader's companion for Tolstoy's epic novel, War and Peace, inspired by the online book club led by Yiyun Li. For the writer Yiyun Li, whenever life has felt uncertain, War and Peace has been the novel she turns to. In March 2020, as the pandemic tightened its grip, Li and A Public Space launched #TolstoyTogether, a War and Peace book club, on Twitter and Instagram, gathering a community (that came to include writers such as Joyce Carol Oates, Garth Greenwell, and Carl Phillips) for 85 days of prompts, conversation, succor, and pleasure. It was an experience shaped not only by the time in which they read but also the slow, consistent rhythm of the reading. And the extraordinary community that gathered for a moment each day to discuss Tolstoy, history, and the role of art in a time like this. Tolstoy Together captures that moment, and offers a guided, communal experience for past and new readers, lovers of Russian literature, and all those looking for what Li identifies as "his level-headedness and clear-sightedness offer[ing] a solidity during a time of duress.

Epic, Enchanted, and Enlightened: Tolstoy's War and Peace, Von Arnim's Enchanted April, Rizal's Vision [War and Peace by Graf Leo Tolstoy/ The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim/The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal]

Epic, Enchanted, and Enlightened: Tolstoy's War and Peace, Von Arnim's Enchanted April, Rizal's Vision [War and Peace by Graf Leo Tolstoy/ The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim/The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal]
Author: Graf Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 2106
Release: 2024-06-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Book 1: Embark on an epic journey with “War and Peace by Graf Leo Tolstoy.” Navigate the tumultuous era of Napoleonic wars and Russian society, as Tolstoy weaves a tapestry of love, war, and philosophical reflection, immersing readers in the complex lives of unforgettable characters. Book 2: Escape to the idyllic Italian countryside with “The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim.” Join four women seeking respite from their routine lives as they discover the transformative power of friendship and the enchanting beauty of the Mediterranean landscape. Book 3: Explore the vision of the future in “The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal.” In this thought-provoking essay, Rizal provides insights into the social, political, and cultural landscape of the Philippines, offering a glimpse into the possibilities and challenges that lie ahead.

Collected Shorter Fiction of Leo Tolstoy, Volume II

Collected Shorter Fiction of Leo Tolstoy, Volume II
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Total Pages: 1018
Release: 2012-05-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307819914

Ranging in scope from lengthy novellas to fables and folktales only a few pages long, Leo Tolstoy’s short fiction provides a marvelous opportunity to become closely acquainted with Russia’s great novelist. Volume 2 of the Collected Shorter Fiction reveals how Tolstoy’s growing spiritual preoccupations flowered into a series of extraordinary late masterpieces that equal anything in the earlier novels for intensity and power. Readers of The Death of Iván Ilých, The Kreutzer Sonata, Father Sergius, Master and Man, and Hadji Murád will recognize the brilliant novelist now transfigured by his passionate quest for salvation and forgiveness. Aylmer and Louise Maude’s classic translations are supplemented by new translations by Nigel J. Cooper of six stories, including two that have never before appeared in English.

The Cossacks - Tolstoy

The Cossacks - Tolstoy
Author: Liev Tolstoi
Publisher: Lebooks Editora
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2024-05-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 6558942712

Leo Tolstoy, the famous Russian writer, is recognized as one of the great figures of world literature, and among his works, several novels stand out for their significant impact, such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and The Cossacks. The Cossack people are renowned for their courage, bravery, strength, and self-sufficiency. It is within this community that the character Olénin, thrust into their midst by the army, immerses himself fully and undergoes a journey of self-discovery. The Cossacks is a work of rare beauty, possessing an unparalleled literary richness that captivates us with its portrayal of its era and a people who, despite residing in the heart of the country, have their own soul, culture, and unique way of life. It presents an excellent opportunity for discovery or deepening one's understanding of Leo Tolstoy's oeuvre, cementing his status as a giant of world literature.

Tash Hearts Tolstoy

Tash Hearts Tolstoy
Author: Kathryn Ormsbee
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2017-06-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1481489356

From the author of Lucky Few comes a “refreshing” (Booklist, starred review) teen novel about Internet fame, peer pressure, and remembering not to step on the little people on your way to the top! After a shout-out from one of the Internet’s superstar vloggers, Natasha “Tash” Zelenka suddenly finds herself and her obscure, amateur web series, Unhappy Families, thrust in the limelight: She’s gone viral. Her show is a modern adaption of Anna Karenina—written by Tash’s literary love Count Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy. Tash is a fan of the 40,000 new subscribers, their gushing tweets, and flashy Tumblr gifs. Not so much the pressure to deliver the best web series ever. And when Unhappy Families is nominated for a Golden Tuba award, Tash’s cyber-flirtation with a fellow award nominee suddenly has the potential to become something IRL—if she can figure out how to tell said crush that she’s romantic asexual. Tash wants to enjoy her newfound fame, but will she lose her friends in her rise to the top? What would Tolstoy do?

Tolstoy's Major Fiction

Tolstoy's Major Fiction
Author: Edward Wasiolek
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1978
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0226873986

"Edward Wasiolek, after much valuable work on Dostoevsky, has now written one of the best books on Tolstoy in recent decades. This may be in part because of his preoccupation with Tolstoy's most challenging contemporary, and the resulting sense of their unlikeness in a common pursuit. But there are other, unspeculative reasons. Few studies of Tolstoy have been so carefully pondered and so firmly organized to convince; and not so many show the flexibility and variety of its approach. Wasiolek proposes an essentially simple and consistent reading, but he advances it with subtlety and discretion."—Henry Gifford, Times Literary Supplement

Tolstoy

Tolstoy
Author: A. N. Wilson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 630
Release: 1988
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780393321227

In this landmark biography of Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, A. N. Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer's life: his childhood of aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation, his discovery of his literary genius after aimless years of gambling and womanizing, and his increasingly disastrous marriage. Wilson sweeps away the long-held belief that Tolstoy's works were the exact mirror of his life, and instead traces the roots of Tolstoy's art to his relationship with God, with women, and with Russia. He also breaks new ground in recreating the world that shaped the great novelist's life and art--the turmoil of ideas and politics in nineteenth-century Russia and the incredible literary renaissance that made Tolstoy's work possible. "Admirable. . . . Absorbing. . . . Superb."--Anthony Burgess "Stands as a model of the biographer's art: intelligent and opinionated, yet judicious--and, what's more, deliciously readable."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Tolstoy's Phoenix

Tolstoy's Phoenix
Author: George R. Clay
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780810116979

By examining Tolstoy's techniques and analyzing the structure of War and Peace, essayist George R. Clay offers a fresh perspective and jargon-free analysis of one of the world's greatest novels. Beginning with Tolstoy's strategies, devices, and structural elements, Clay moves beyond previous approaches and reveals the novel's larger thematic concerns, showing how all the pieces fit into an overall pattern that he calls the phoenix design.