Signet Classics, 2003-04-01. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes very good, a little creased

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Count Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia. Orphaned at nine, he was brought up by an elderly aunt and educated by French tutors until he matriculated at Kazan University in 1844. In 1847, he gave up his studies and, after several aimless years, volunteered for military duty in the army, serving as a junior officer in the Crimean War before retiring in 1857. In 1862, Tolstoy married Sophie Behrs, a marriage that was to become, for him, bitterly unhappy. His diary, started in 1847, was used for self-study and self-criticism; it served as the source from which he drew much of the material that appeared not only in his great novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), but also in his shorter works. Seeking religious justification for his life, Tolstoy evolved a new Christianity based upon his own interpretation of the Gospels. Yasnaya Polyana became a mecca for his many converts At the age of eighty-two, while away from home, the writer suffered a break down in his health in Astapovo, Riazan, and he died there on November 20, 1910. David Magarshack was known for his many translations from his native Russian, including works by Dostoyevsky.

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Bookseller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: WARE337NS382
Title: The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
Author: Tolstoy, Leo
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0451528808
ISBN 13: 9780451528803
Publisher: Signet Classics
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2003-04-01
X weight: 4 oz

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