Life of Tolstoy by Aylmer Maude

Life of Tolstoy by Aylmer Maude

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No Englishman was better placed to write a biography of Leo Tolstoy, than Aylmer Maude (1858-1938). With the aid of his wife, Louise, Maude began the task of translating Tolstoy's works into English and the twenty-one volumes of the "Tolstoy Centenary Edition" is one of the monumental achievements of modern translation.

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Life of Tolstoy by Aylmer Maude

No Englishman was better placed to write a biography of Leo Tolstoy, than Aylmer Maude (1858-1938). Maude met Tolstoy in Russia in 1888 and was a frequent visitor to Tolstoy's home in Moscow and his estate at Yasnaya Polyana. After returning to England in 1897, Maude maintained regular correspondence with Tolstoy. With the aid of his wife, Louise, Maude began the task of translating Tolstoy's works into English and the twenty-one volumes of the "Tolstoy Centenary Edition" is one of the monumental achievements of modern translation. It was Tolstoy himself who authorised Maude to write his biography and "The Life of Tolstoy", published here in the revised edition of 1930, remains the best introduction to the great novelist's life and works.
Novelist, essayist, dramatist, and philosopher, Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is most famous for his sprawling portraits of 19th-century Russian life, as recounted in Anna Karenina and War and Peace.
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ISBN 13 9781840225617
ISBN 10 1840225610
Titre Life of Tolstoy
Auteur Aylmer Maude
Série Wordsworth Literary Lives
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Année de publication 2008-07-05
Nombre de pages 960
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