Tolstoy is considered one of the giants of Russian literature; his works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina and novellas such as Hadji Murad and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
Tolstoy's earliest works, the autobiographical novels Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852-1856), tell of a rich landowner's son and his slow realization of the chasm between himself and his peasants.
Though he later rejected them as sentimental, a great deal of Tolstoy's own life is revealed.
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Iboo Press The power of darkness: or if a claw is caught the bird, hardcover/leo tolstoy
