About this title: Leo Tolstoy embodies the most extraordinary contradictions. He was a wealthy aristocrat who preached the virtues of poverty and the peasant life, a misogynist who wrote Anna Karenina, and a supreme writer who declared, "Literature is rubbish." From Tolstoy's famously bad marriage to his enormously successful career, Troyat presents a brilliant ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140051131ISBN:0140051139
Description: Good. Book cover-The cover of this book is creased or has markings in accordance with the book's age. Page colour-Slightly discoloured in accordance with book age. Spine-Slightly worn in accordance with age and use. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin, softcover, ISBN-0140212108
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140212105ISBN:0140212108
Description: Pelican Biographies. Illustrations, notes, bibliog., index, 1045pp. Comprehensive biography of Tolstoy, translated from the French by Nancy Amphoux. Good. Minor cover wear. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140051131ISBN:0140051139
Description: Paperback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. Ships within 24 hours. 1048pp., 600grams, ISBN: 0140051139. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.H. Allen / Virgin Books
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780491003803ISBN:0491003803
Description: Hardcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in poor all round condition, suitable as a reading copy. pp., 1300grams, ISBN: 0491003803. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. 1967
Description: Good in Good jacket. Hard Cover. VG-/G+. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). bookclub edition. Very good-book with light rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket hassmall wear to extremities. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780140212105ISBN:0140212108
Description: Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1970. Binding: Paperback. Number of pages: 1048. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #8498217 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday, N. Y.
Date Published: 1967
Description: Cover Art. Good in Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The hard cover and the jacket has light wear. Light yellowing to the pages.........We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc
Date Published: 1967
Description: Good. 1967 Doubleday hardcover, no dust jacket, large handwriting in black marker inside front coverClean pages with general wear from reading and storage. Dust jacket may have curling, wear, or small tears on the edges. Some books have a bookstore stamp inside. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday and Co
Date Published: 1967
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday and Co
Date Published: 1967
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday and Co
Date Published: 1967
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y.
Date Published: 1967
Description: Good in Fair dust jacket. Good in fair dust jacket. DJ FADED, heavily creased along top edge and torn, book is aged; Text in English, French. Vi, 762 p. Illus., ports. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits. Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Satisfaction guaranteed.; Bibliography: p. [737]-742. read more
"Am re reading for the third time in 40 years. It just gets better. It's more of a Tolstoyan novel than the real thing. I also re read Jay Parini's "The Last Station" recently too."
"Troyat's 700-plus pages biography reads like a Tolstoy novel. It follows Tolstoy's life in detail, quoting extensively from his and his family's copious diaries. His marriage, which started happily enough, and then turned into a nightmare for both him and his wife was morbidly fascinating. It was like watching a slow train wreck. Altogether, a satisfiying if rather lengthy portrait of a complicated genius."
"Troyat is the greatest biographer I've read--and not just because he's covered pretty much all of the Russian writers and tsars... (though, yes, that was pretty swell of him to do...) He doesn't just spit out facts, he tells a story... I only wish more of his bios were available in English."
"Reading this wonderful biography of Tolstoy is almost better than reading a Tolstoy novel. His life was an adventure, and the way he wove his own life into his books is fascinating."
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