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Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

(1828–1910), including his novels, novellas, short stories, fables and parables, plays, and nonfiction.

Prose Fiction

Novels

*'' War and Peace'' (Война и мир 'Voyna i mir'' 1869) *'' Anna Karenina'' (Анна Каренина 'Anna Karenina'' 1877) *''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, which ...

'' (Воскресение 'Voskresenie'' 1899)

Novellas

*''The Autobiographical Trilogy'' (1852-1856) **'' Childhood'' (Детство 'Detstvo'' 1852) **'' Boyhood'' (Отрочество 'Otrochestvo'' 1854) **''

Youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. You ...

'' (Юность 'Yunost''' 1856) *''

Sevastopol Sketches The ''Sevastopol Sketches'', called in English translations the ''Sebastopol Sketches'' ( pre-reform rus, Севастопольскіе разсказы, Sevastópolʹskiye razskázy; post-reform rus, Севастопольские расск ...

'' (''Севастопольские рассказы'' 'Sevastopolskie rasskazy'' 1855–1856) **"Sevastopol in December 1854" (1855) **"Sevastopol in May 1855" (1855) **"Sevastopol in August 1855" (1856) * '' A Morning of a Landed Proprietor'' (''Утро помещика'', 1856) * ''

Two Hussars "Two Hussars" ("Два гусара" Dva gusara" is a novella by Leo Tolstoy published in 1856, and translated into English by Nathan Haskell Dole. This is a novel in which one generation struggles against an earlier generation, or Tolstoy's gene ...

'' (''Два гусара'' 'Dva gusara'' 1856) * ''

Family Happiness ''Family Happiness'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Семейное счастие, Seméynoye schástiye) is an 1859 novella written by Leo Tolstoy, first published in ''The Russian Messenger''. Plot The story concerns the love and m ...

'' (Семейное счастье 1859) * '' Polikúshka'' (''Поликушка'' 'Polikushka'' 1862) * '' The Cossacks'' (Казаки 'Kazaki'' 1863) * ''

The Death of Ivan Ilyich ''The Death of Ivan Ilyich'' (also Romanized ''Ilich, Ilych, Ilyitch''; russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, Smert' Ivána Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late ...

'' (Смерть Ивана Ильича 'Smert' Ivana Il'icha'' 1886) * ''

The Kreutzer Sonata ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (russian: Крейцерова соната, ) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven), Kreutzer Sonata. The novella was published in 1889, and was promptly censored by the Rus ...

'' (Крейцерова соната 'Kreitserova Sonata'' 1889) * ''

The Devil Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood. ...

'' (Дьявол 'Dyavol''1911, written 1889) * ''

Walk in the Light While There is Light "Walk in the Light While There is Light" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in 1893. According to famed Tolstoy-translators Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude, this story reflects Tolstoy's interest with early Christians, and according to translat ...

'' (''Ходите в свете, пока есть свет'', 1893) * '' Master and Man'' (''Хозяин и работник'' 'Khozyain and rabotnik'' 1895) * ''

The Forged Coupon ''The Forged Coupon'' (russian: Фальшивый купон, Fal'shivyi kupon) is a novella in two parts by Leo Tolstoy. Though he first conceived of the story in the late 1890s, he did not begin writing it until 1902. After struggling for sever ...

'' (Фальшивый купон 'Fal'shivyi kupon'' 1911) * '' Hadji Murat'' (Хаджи-Мурат 'Khadzhi-Murat'' 1912, 1917)

Short stories

A History of Yesterday ''A History of Yesterday'' (История вчерашнего дня) is a non-fiction diary entry by Leo Tolstoy written in 1851 and later republished in English in 1928, and then again in 1949, when it was translated by George Kline. It is one ...

("История вчерашнего дня") (1851) *" The Raid" ("Набег" Nabeg" 1852) *"

The Cutting of the Forest "The Cutting of the Forest" ( Russian:"Рубка леса" Rubka lesa" sometimes translated as ''The Wood-Felling'') is a short novella by Leo Tolstoy written and published in 1855, early in Tolstoy's career. It was in this story that Tolstoy d ...

" (1855) *"

Recollections of a Billiard-marker "Recollections of a Billiard-marker" ("Записки маркера" Zapiski markera" sometimes translated as "A Billiard-Marker's Notes") is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written and published in 1855, early in Tolstoy's career. It was translate ...

" ("Записки маркера" Zapiski markera" 1855) *"

The Snowstorm "The Snowstorm" (also translated as "The Snow Storm") ( rus, Метель, Metel) is a short story by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published in 1856, in the literary and political magazine ''Sovremennik''. Background The idea for ...

" ("Метель" Metel" 1856) *"

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...

" ("Люцерн" Lyutsern" 1857) *"

Albert Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert ...

" ("Альберт" Al'bert" 1858) *" Three Deaths" ("Три смерти" Tri smerti" 1859) * "The Porcelain Doll" (1863) *"

God Sees the Truth, But Waits "God Sees the Truth, But Waits" (russian: "Бог правду видит, да не скоро скажет", "Bog pravdu vidit da ne skoro skazhet", sometimes translated as ''Exiled to Siberia'' and ''The Long Exile'') is a short story by Russi ...

" ("Бог правду видит, да не скоро скажет" Bog pravdu vidit, da ne skoro skazhet" 1872) *" The Prisoner in the Caucasus" ("Кавказский пленник" Kavkazskii plennik" 1872) *" The Bear Hunt" (1872) *"

Memoirs of a Madman ''Memoirs of a Madman'' (french: Mémoires d'un fou) is an autobiographical text written by Gustave Flaubert in 1838. The next year, Flaubert dedicated it to his friend, . The manuscript changed hands twice before being finally published in ''L ...

" (1884) *"

Croesus and Fate "Croesus and Fate" (AKA: ''"Croesus and Solon"'') is a short story by Leo Tolstoy that is a retelling of a Greek legend, classically told by Herodotus, and Plutarch, about the king Croesus. It was first published in 1886 by Tolstoy's publishing c ...

" (1886) *" An Old Acquaintance" (1887) *" Stories of My Dogs" (1888) *"

Kholstomer "Kholstomer" ( rus, Холстомер, p=xəlstɐˈmʲer), also translated as "Strider", is a work by Leo Tolstoy that has been referred to as “one of the most striking stories in Russian literature”. It was started in 1863 and left unfinishe ...

" or "Strider" ("Холстомер", 1888) *"

A Lost Opportunity "A Lost Opportunity" is an 1889 fable by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. The story was included in ''The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories'' publication of 1889. Summary "A Lost Opportunity" is a fable by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. The story i ...

" (1889) *" Françoise" ("Франсуаза", 1891) *" A Dialogue Among Clever People" (1892) *"

The Coffee-House of Surat "The Coffee-House of Surat" (''Суратская кофейная'') (AKA: ''A Surat Café'') is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in 1891, first published in Russian in 1893, and first published in English in 1901. Like several other of Tolst ...

" ("Суратская кофейная", 1893) *" The Young Tsar" (1894) *" Too Dear!" ("Дорого стоит" Dorogo stoit" 1897) *"

Father Sergius "Father Sergius" (russian: Отец Сергий, Otets Sergiy) is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy between 1890 and 1898 and first published (posthumously) in 1911.Julian Connolly in Charles A. Moser (ed.), ''The Cambridge History of Russian ...

" ("Отец Сергий" Otetz Sergij" 1898) *" Khodynka: An Incident of the Coronation of Nicholas II" ("Ходынка", 1898, published 1912) *" Work, Death, and Sickness" (1903) *"

Three Questions ''Three Questions'' (stylized as ) is the third studio album by Japanese electronica singer Mitsuki Aira, released on November 17, 2010, in Japan by D-Topia Universe with distribution by Universal Music Japan. The album includes songs that were ...

" ("Три вопроса" Tri voprosa" 1903) *" After the Ball" ("После бала" Posle bala" (1903) *"

Alyosha the Pot "Alyosha the Pot" (russian: Алеша Горшок 'Alyosha Gorshok'' is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy (1905) about the life and death of a simple, uncomplaining worker. It was published after Tolstoy's death in 1911 and received high pra ...

" ("Алёша Горшок" Alyosha Gorshok" 1905) *"

Poor People Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in ...

" ("Бедные люди") (1905) *"

Posthumous Notes of the Hermit Fëdor Kuzmich "Posthumous Notes of the Hermit Fëdor Kuzmich" (''"Посмертные записки старца Федора Кузьмича"'') (AKA: ''"Posthumous Notes of the Elder Fëdor Kuzmich"'') is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in December, 19 ...

" ("Посмертные записки старца Федора Кузьмича") (1905, published 1912) *"Divine and Human" ("Божеское и человеческое", 1906) *"What For?" ("За что?", 1906) *" There Are No Guilty People" (1909) *"Traveller and Peasant" ("Проезжий и крестьянин", 1909, published 1917) *"

Singing In The Village "Singing In The Village" (''"Песни на деревне"'') is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in 1909 and published in 1910. While classified as a short story, translator and biographer Aylmer Maude described the piece as a sketch. Acco ...

" ("Песни на деревне", 1910) *"A Talk With A Wayfarer" ("Разговор с прохожим", 1910) *" Three Days in the Village" ("Три дня в деревне", 1910) *"My Dream" ("Что я видел во сне", 1911) *Stories that have not been translated into English: **"Разжалованный" (1856) **"Прыжок" (1880) **"Рассказ Аэронавта" (1880) **"Корней Васильев" (1906) **"Ягоды" (1906) **"Благодарная почва" (1910) **"Идиллия" (1911, written 1861-62) **"Кто прав?" (1911, written 1891—1893) **"Отец Василий" (1911, written 1906) **"Сон молодого царя" (1912, written 1894) **"Сила детства" (1912, written 1908) **"Святочная ночь" (1928, written 1853) **"Как умирают русские солдаты" (1928, written 1854) **"Отрывки рассказов из деревенской жизни" (1932, written 1860—1862)

Fables and parables

*"The Two Horses" ("Две лошади", 1880) *"

What Men Live By "What Men Live By" (also translated as "What People Live By") is a short story written by Russian author Leo Tolstoy in 1885. It is one of the short stories included in his collection ''What Men Live By, and Other Tales'', published in 1885. The ...

" ("Чем люди живы" Chem lyudi zhivy" 1881) *"Karma" ("Карма", 1894) *" The Two Brothers and the Gold" (Два брата и золото) (1886, written 1885) *" Ilyás" ("Ильяс", 1885) *"

Where Love Is, God Is "Where Love Is, God Is" (sometimes also translated as "Where Love Is, There God Is Also" or "Martin the Cobbler") is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The title references the Catholic hymn Ubi Caritas. One English translation of thi ...

" ("Где любовь, там и бог", 1885) *" Evil Allures, But Good Endures" ("Вражье лепко, а божье крепко", 1885) *"

Wisdom of Children "Wisdom of Children" (also translated as ''Little Girls Wiser than Men'') is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1885. It takes the form of a parable about forgiveness. Synopsis The story opens at the beginning of Holy ...

" ("Девчонки умнее стариков", 1885) *" Quench the Spark" ("Упустишь огонь, не потушишь" Upustish ogon', ne potushish" 1885) *"

Two Old Men ''Two Old Men'', also known as ''Two Monks'' or ''An Old Man and a Monk'' (Spanish: ''Dos viejos'', ''Dos frailes'', or ''Un viejo y un fraile''), are names given to one of the 14 ''Black Paintings'' painted by Francisco Goya between 1819-23. A ...

" ("Два старика", 1885) *"The Candle" ("Свечка", 1886) *" Ivan the Fool" ("Сказка об дураке", 1885) *"

The Three Hermits "The Three Hermits" (Russian: Три Старца) is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy) written in 1885 and first published in 1886 in the weekly periodical '' Niva'' (''нива''). It appeared in the short- ...

" ("Три Старца", 1886) *" Promoting a Devil" ("Как чертёнок краюшку выкупал", 1886) *"

Repentance Repentance is reviewing one's actions and feeling contrition or regret for past wrongs, which is accompanied by commitment to and actual actions that show and prove a change for the better. In modern times, it is generally seen as involving a co ...

" ("Кающийся грешник", 1886) *" The Grain" ("Зерно с куриное яйцо", 1886) *"

How Much Land Does a Man Need? "How Much Land Does a Man Require?" (Russian: Много ли человеку земли нужно?, ''Mnogo li cheloveku zemli nuzhno?'') is an 1886 short story by Leo Tolstoy about a man who, in his lust for land, forfeits everything. Synopsi ...

" ("Много ли человеку земли нужно", 1886) *" The Godson" ("Крестник", 1886) *"Three Sons" ("Три сына", 1889, written 1887) *" The Empty Drum" ("Работник Емельян и пустой барабан", 1891) *"Three Parables" (Три притчи) (1895) *"The Restoration of Hell" ("Разрушение ада и восстановление его", 1903, written 1902) *" Esarhaddon, King of Assyria" ("Ассирийский царь Асархадон", 1903) *Fables that have not been translated into English: **"Две различные версии истории улья с лубочной крышкой" (1912, written 1900) **"Волк" (1909, written 1908)

Collections

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Twenty-Three Tales ''Twenty-Three Tales'' is a popular compilation of short stories by Leo Tolstoy. According to its publisher, Oxford University Press, the collection is about contemporary classes in Russia during Tolstoy's time, written in a brief, morality play, ...

Unfinished

* '' The Decembrists'' (Декабристы, written 1860-1863, published 1884) * ''Peter the First'' (written 1870-1879, published 1936) * ''Prince Fyodor Shchetinin'' (written 1877-1878, published 1935) * ''Hundred Years'' (written 1877-1879)

Plays

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The Power of Darkness ''The Power of Darkness'' (russian: Власть тьмы, Vlast′ t′my) is a five- act drama by Leo Tolstoy. Written in 1886, the play's production was forbidden in Russia until 1902, mainly through the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev. I ...

'' (Власть тьмы 'Vlast' t'my'' 1886) *'' The First Distiller'' (1886) *''

The Light Shines in Darkness ''The Light Shines in the Darkness'' is an unfinished play by Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаев� ...

'' (1890) *''

The Fruits of Enlightenment ''The Fruits of Enlightenment'', aka ''Fruits of Culture'' (1889-90, pub. 1891) is a play by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. It satirizes the persistence of unenlightened attitudes towards the peasants amongst the Russian landed aristocracy. In 1891 ...

'' (Плоды просвещения 'Plody prosvesheniya'' 1891) *''

The Living Corpse ''The Living Corpse'' (russian: Живой труп, italic=yes, link=no) is a Russian play by Leo Tolstoy. Although written around 1900, it was only published shortly after his death—Tolstoy had never considered the work finished. An immediate ...

'' (Живой труп 'Zhivoi trup'' 1900) *'' The Cause of It All'' (1910)

Non-fiction

Philosophical works

Available in English

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A Confession ''A Confession'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Исповедь, Íspovedʹ), or ''My Confession'', is a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion by the Russian novelist Leo Tol ...

'' (1879) – Volume 1 of an untitled four-part work *''

The Gospel in Brief ''The Gospel in Brief'' (russian: Краткое Изложение Евангелия) is a 1902 synthesis of the four gospels of the New Testament into one narrative of the life of Jesus by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Included in a larger vo ...

'', or ''A Short Exposition of the Gospel'' (1881) *''What I Believe'' (also called ''My Religion'') (1884) – Volume 4 of an untitled four-part work *''

Church and State The separation of church and state is a philosophical and jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the state. Conceptually, the term refers to the creation of a secular stat ...

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What Is to Be Done? ''What Is to Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement'' is a political pamphlet written by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (credited as N. Lenin) in 1901 and published in 1902. Lenin said that the article represented "a skeleton plan t ...

'' (also translated as ''What Then Must We Do?'') (1886) *''On Life'' (1887) * ''Power and Liberty'' (Сила и свобода; 1888) * Supplementary essay for

Timofei Bondarev Timofej Mikhailovich Bondarev (Тимофе́й Миха́йлович Бо́ндарев 3 April 1820—3 November 1898) was a Russian peasant philosopher. He wrote the treatise '' The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'', which insp ...

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The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism ''The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'' (russian: Torzhestvo zemledel'tsa ili Trudoljubie i Tunejadstvo, script=Latn) is a treatise by Russian peasant philosopher Timofei Bondarev. The work details Bondarev's labor philosophy, in ...

'' (1888) *''Why Do Men Intoxicate Themselves?'' (1890) *'' The First Step'' (1891) *''

The Kingdom of God Is Within You ''The Kingdom of God Is Within You'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Царство Божие внутри вас, Tsárstvo Bózhiye vnutrí vas) is a non-fiction book written by Leo Tolstoy. A Christian anarchist philosophical treat ...

'' (1893) *''

Non-Activity "Non-Activity" is an 1893 article by Leo Tolstoy and also the term used to describe Tolstoy's form of anarchist and pacifist thought. This thinking of Tolstoy's was influenced by wuwei (無為, "inaction"), a Taoist concept of finding victory ...

'' (1893) *''

A Letter to the Liberals "A Letter to the Liberals" (AKA: "A Letter to Russian Liberals") is an 1896 open letter by Leo Tolstoy denouncing not just Liberalism, Liberals, but all political factions that strive to exert political power over the masses. It is directed to ...

'' (1896) *''

Thou Shalt Not Kill Thou shalt not kill (LXX; ), You shall not murder (Hebrew: ; ') or You shall not kill (KJV), is a moral imperative included as one of the Ten Commandments in the Torah. The imperative not to kill is in the context of ''unlawful'' killing resul ...

'' (1900) *''The Slavery of Our Times'' (190

*''Bethink Yourselves!'' (1904) *''The Only Need'' (190

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A Letter to a Hindu "A Letter to a Hindu" (also known as "A Letter to a Hindoo") was a letter written by Leo Tolstoy to Tarak Nath Das on 14 December 1908. The letter was written in response to two letters sent by Das, seeking support from the Russian author and thi ...

(1908) *'' The Inevitable Revolution'' (1909) *'' A Calendar of Wisdom'' (''Путь Жизни'' 'Put' Zhizni'' compilation; 1909)

Untranslated

*''The Great Sin'' (Великий грех, 1905) *''Do Not Kill'' (1906) *''Love Each Other'' (1906) *''An Appeal to Youth'' (1907) *''The Only Command'' (1909) *''Reason and Religion'' (1894) *''Religion and Morality'' (1894) *''Christianity and Patriotism'' (1894) *''Non-Resistance: letter to Ernest H. Crosby'' (1896) *''How to Read the Gospels'' (1896) *''The Deception of the Church'' (1896) *''Christian Teaching'' (1898) *''On Suicide'' (1900) *''Reply to the Holy Synod'' (1901) *''The Only Way'' (1901) *''On Religious Toleration'' (1901) *''О половом вопросе'' 'O polovom voprose''(“On the Sexual Question”; compilation by Vladimir Chertkov; 1901) *''What Is Religion and What is its Essence?'' (1902) *''To the Orthodox Clergy'' (1903) *''A Criticism of Dogmatic Theology'' (1880) – Volume 2 of an untitled four-part work *''The Four Gospel Unified and Translated'' (1881) – Volume 3 of an untitled four-part work

Works on art and literature

*''The Works of Guy de Maupassant'' (1894) *''

What Is Art? ''What Is Art?'' (russian: Что такое искусство? ''Chto takoye iskusstvo?'') is a book by Leo Tolstoy. It was completed in Russian in 1897 but first published in English due to difficulties with the Russian censors. Tolstoy cites ...

'' (1897) *''Shakespeare and the Drama'' (1909)

Articles, publicism

*''Meaningless aspirations'' (''Бессмысленные мечтания'' 'Bessmyslennye mechtaniya'' 1895) *''I can't be silent'' (''Не могу молчать'' 'Ne mogu molchat 1908)

Pedagogical works

*Articles from Tolstoy's journal on education, ''Yasnaya Polyana'' (1861–1862) *''A Primer'' (1872) *''On Popular Instruction'' (1874) *''A New Primer'' (1875)

References

External links

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