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I am very interested in the works of Leo Tolstoy and how his life affected his fiction writings. I have searched for documents or other such things, but am having trouble finding any. Do any of you have anything that might be of use? Also, I would prefer scholarly texts. Thank you.
Oh, and Russian literature thread.

>> No.9462023

How much Tolstoy have you read?

>> No.9462026

I still need to read war and peace.

>> No.9462034

>>9462023
I have read over half of War and Peace and some of his essays and other non fiction

>> No.9462074

What exactly do you want? Biographies? Literary criticism?

>> No.9462081

>>9462018
Read his confession and pretend he's talking about robots. It's way too funny for me to keep picturing on a daily basis. But so isn't the scene of the sun rise tomorrow. So, basically, what i'd like to be saying is, just take some time and enjoy reading Goethe.

>> No.9462084

What is the best Tolstoy biography?

>> No.9462093

>>9462074
Anything will do. I love it all.

>> No.9462120

>>9462084
Troyat did a good job.

>> No.9462133

>>9462093
If you like his non fiction (few do) chances are good you'll like everything else. There's really nothing to avoid, it's all good.

>> No.9462142

>>9462133
Also, Nabokov's lectures on Russian Literature has a great section on Tolstoy, among other masters.