books by Leo Tolstoy

books by Leo Tolstoy

books:

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Knopf, 2007

How to read War and Peace, and enjoy it completely
War and Peace is, without question, the greatest historical novel ever written. However, if you carry a copy of War and Peace with you anywhere, you will be subjected to ridicule of many varieties. This, of course, says more about the critics than the reader. It ...

Wise Thoughts for Every Day: On God, Love, Spirit, and Living a Good Life

Leo Tolstoy

Arcade Publishing, 2005

Wisdom that changes its reader
I had the fortunate job of proof reading and minor editing of this book, for translater Peter Sekerin. As I spent the many hours doing so, I found that Tolstoy's thoughts and wisdom, as you continue to read him over and over, almost permeates your thoguhts and come ...

The Kingdom of God is Within You

Leo Tolstoy

Wildside Press, 2007

Prophetic, powerful...a call to a different life...
Let me start by sharing one passage from the book: "All the material improvements that religious and scientific men can dream of may be accomplished; all men may accept Christianity, and all the reforms desired by the Bellamys may be brought about with every ...

War and Peace (Penguin Classics, Deluxe Edition)

Leo Tolstoy

Penguin Classics, 2006

Paperback Building Block
A new translation by Anthony Briggs, introduction by Orlando Figes. I chose this translation based on the strength of the Penguin Classics imprint, the readable size of the print, and the back-cover blurps promising a new and accessible translation. Overall, the ...

War And Peace (Signet Classics)

Leo Tolstoy

Signet Classics, 2007

My first thoughts after completion
I held the book in my hands and felt its weight. It looked quite big; not as big as when I first saw it but still big - and had I actually gone through all those pages and all those letters? Apparently. What now? What was this feeling spreading in me? was it ...

Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)

Leo Tolstoy

Penguin Classics, 2004

Human emotions and relationships -- a literary masterpiece!
It took me several months to read all 817 pages of this amazing novel which was published in segments between 1873 and 1877 in a Russian periodical. Every time I picked it up it transported me to a time and a place and a way of life that is long since gone. That it ...

The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories

Leo Tolstoy

Signet Classics, 2003

Wonderful
Tolstoy's brief novella 'Death of Ivan Ilyich' is one of the most compact and brilliant meditations on the meaning of death in literature. Tolstoy's breathtaking naturalism is truly miraculous. Ivan Ilyich is respectful administrator who is dying a painful death from a ...

Anna Karenina

Neeland Media LLC, 2004

The Kindle edition is NOT the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation
For those of you that have a Kindle and are wanting to purchase the new Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of this wonderful novel, DO NOT download this edition, no matter what the synopsis says. I downloaded the sample on my Kindle and compared it to the print edition ...

Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy (Perennial Classics)

Leo Tolstoy

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004

Best single volume of the short fiction
I prefer the Everyman's volumes because the typesetting is so much nicer. The present volume is a trade-sized paperback with the text simply photo-enlarged from the original mass-market edition. Both volumes use the Maudes' translations, but the Everyman's includes ...

Anna Karenina (Signet Classics)

Leo Tolstoy

Signet Classics, 2002

both timeless and of its era
Many themes of Anna Karenina are timeless: marriage, infidelity, the roles of men and women, personal fulfillment, honor, spirituality, and naturalism. If that isn't enough, then Tolstoy offers an 18th-century look at Russian society and culture, still well before the ...

Anna Karenina (Barnes & Noble Classics)

Leo Tolstoy

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

A Classic in a Great Package
A satisfying translation with good introduction and historical perspective. Reading this classic is all the more enjoyable due to the sturdy binding, attractive cover, and feel of the pages. Book lovers and collectors who miss hardcover heft will be pleased with this ...

A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts

Leo Tolstoy

Scribner, 1997

Prophetic
Immediately upon purchasing this book, I ordered another and sent it to my cousin who subsequently purchased 3, one for her husband who had opened the one I sent to her and begun highlighting passages and the other 2 she gave to her children who are in college. I know ...

Anna Karenina (Thrift Edition)

Leo Tolstoy

Dover Publications, 2004

Anna, sweet Anna
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." That line opens and sets the tone of "Anna Karenina," a tangled and tragic tale of nineteenth century Russia. Tolstoy's story of lovers and family is interlaced with razor-sharp social ...

Family Happiness and Other Stories (Thrift Edition)

Leo Tolstoy

Dover Publications, 2005

Excellent bite-sized Tolstoy
I'd never read Tolstoy because I was always intimidated by the size of his major works; thus, a collection of his short stories was an appealing first step. "Family Happiness" is the primary work in this book. In it, Tolstoy opines on what makes a successful ...

Hadji Murad

Leo Tolstoy

FQ Classics, 2008

One of the greatest novellas ever written
Certainly, the life and death of Hadji Murad left trenchant impression on young Tolstoy. So much so that Tolstoy wrote this novella few years before he died, and obviously did not intend to publish it. However fortunately it was published against his wish and it ...