Signet/ N A L, 1960-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Careful packaging and fast shipping. 8th Printing, 1960. A nice softcover copy with a tight and square binding. Softcovers are good. Text is clean but has yellowed. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material.

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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: Polly's Used Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 38727
Title: The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories
Author: Tolstoy, Leo
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0451516761
ISBN 13: 9780451516763
Publisher: Signet/ N A L
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.s.a.
Date Published: 1960-01-01

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