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Lev Tolstoy

LEV TOLSTOY (1828-1910) is the most famous of Russian writers. Most all of his works have been translated multiple times, with recent translations of War and Peace and Anna Karenina by the team of Richard Pevear and Larisa Volkhonskaya being the most notable. Resurrection was his last novel, and it focuses on the themes of sin and redemption, and on the hypocrisy of the church. Tolstoy used the royalties from this work to help the Doukhobors, a Protestant religious sect, emigrate from Russia to Canada.

After the Ball
Chtenia: Fall 2012
Excerpt from one of Tolstoy's later and lesser known stories, in which he seems to revert to his earlier, more literary style. In English and Russian
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Alyosha the Pot
Chtenia: Fall 2012
One of the author's last stories, and one of his most poignant. Not published until after his death. In English and Russian.
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Michael Katz
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Fanfaronov's Mountain (The Ant Brothers)
Chtenia: Fall 2012
In English and Russian
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Natasha at the Opera
Chtenia: Fall 2012
Excerpt from War and Peace. In English and Russian.
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Petya's Fugue
Chtenia: Fall 2012
Excerpt from War and Peace. In English and Russian.
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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The Cossacks
Chtenia: Fall 2012
One of Tolstoy's earlier classic works, featuring beautiful description of the Caucasus. In English and Russian
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Tolstoy the Didact
Chtenia: Fall 2012
Shorter pieces and extracts from longer works, showing how Tolstoy sought to teach and instruct through his writings. In English and Russian.
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Tolstoy the Outrageous
Chtenia: Fall 2012
Excerpts (in English and Russian) from Tolstoy's works, illustrating some of the more outrageous ideas he advocated.
Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Lydia Razran Stone
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Anna Karenina (extract)
Chtenia: Winter 2012

Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Constance Garnett and Paul E. Richardson
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How Auntie Told Granny...
Chtenia: Winter 2011

Author: Lev Tolstoy
Translator: Robert Blaisdell
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