'On Life' and 'What is religion?' were published by the Fee Age Press in England; a publishing house set up to side-step the censorship of Tolstoy in Russia, and to give him an international voice. So what is life? 'Life is the sum of functions which resist death, ' says the scientist. But is it more than that, asks Tolstoy in 'On Life' - a philosophical and religious search for an understanding of life beyond scientific formulae. For Tolstoy, the basic contradiction for humanity is this: people aim solely for their own well being, but discover along the way that their own well being depends...
'On Life' and 'What is religion?' were published by the Fee Age Press in England; a publishing house set up to side-step the censorship of Tolstoy in ...
"Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible." Written shortly after his conversion to Christianity, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is one of Tolstoy's masterpieces in fiction. A man facing death is forced to reconcile the contradictions of his own existence and his fear of the unknown in what may or may not exist after life.
"Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible." Written shortly after his conversion to Christianity, The Deat...
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's fiction, written after his conversion to Christianity. The novel tells the story of the life and death of a court judge in 19th-century Russia.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's fiction, written after his conversion to Christianity. The novel tells the story of t...
"The Gospel in Brief lives at the center of Leo Tolstoy's thinking about the meaning of life. ... Beautifully translated by Dustin Condren. ... Although little known, this book remains hugely important." --Jay Parini, author of The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Last Year
The most celebrated novelist of all time, the author of Anna Karenina and War and Peace, retells "the greatest story ever told," integrating the four Gospels into a single twelve-chapter narrative of the life of Jesus. Based on his study of early Christian...
"The Gospel in Brief lives at the center of Leo Tolstoy's thinking about the meaning of life. ... Beautifully translated by Dustin...
This book contains The Kreutzer Sonata, Leo Tolstoy's afterword to The Kreutzer Sonata, and The Death of Ivan Ilyich. This is a dual-language book with the Russian text on the left side, and the English text on the right side of each spread. The texts are precisely synchronized. A great book for learning both languages while reading a Russian classic masterpiece. Translated by Professor Leo Wiener, and Louise and Aylmer Maude; verified and corrected by Alexander Vassiliev.
This book contains The Kreutzer Sonata, Leo Tolstoy's afterword to The Kreutzer Sonata, and The Death of Ivan Ilyich. This is a dual-language book wit...
Tolstoy's masterpiece, with cartoons. The first in the RatSoap series of graphic adaptations of classic novels---using minimalist drawings---in which rats represent the principal characters. The Soap half of RatSoap refers to the emphasis on human emotions over the philosophical (as in soap operas). Adapted by A. R. Eguiguren and illustrated by India Eguiguren."
Tolstoy's masterpiece, with cartoons. The first in the RatSoap series of graphic adaptations of classic novels---using minimalist drawings---in which ...
Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy Louise Maude Aylmer Maude
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a book related to death. Ivan Ilyich is a judge in St. Petersburg. This is considered one of Tolstoy's masterpiece and the interpretation one will have after the story ends may vary from person to person.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a book related to death. Ivan Ilyich is a judge in St. Petersburg. This is considered one of Tolstoy's masterpiece and the...
Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy Aylmer Maude Louise Maude
This epic is considered one of the most celebrated works of fiction and is regarded as Tolstoy's finest literary work. The book details events leading to Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic times on Tsarist society. Newsweek in 2009 ranked it top of its list of Top 100 Books.
This epic is considered one of the most celebrated works of fiction and is regarded as Tolstoy's finest literary work. The book details events leading...
To anyone for whom Leo Tolstoy's masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina have stood as giants too daunting to scale, and equally to the many readers who have devoured those novels and are hungry for more, we offer The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories.
To anyone for whom Leo Tolstoy's masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina have stood as giants too daunting to scale, and equally to the many read...
To anyone for whom Leo Tolstoy's masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina have stood as giants too daunting to scale, and equally to the many readers who have devoured those novels and are hungry for more, we offer The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
To anyone for whom Leo Tolstoy's masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina have stood as giants too daunting to scale, and equally to the many read...
