Leo Tolstoy
Novelist · Russian · 19th Century
Leo Tolstoy
1828–1910
He can enter any consciousness — a peasant, a horse, a dying judge — and make it ordinary and enormous at once.
EpicHistorical fictionNovelPhilosophical fictionRealismTragedyAdulteryAuthenticityChanceDeathFaithFamily
The writings
Novel
Novel · 1869
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
War and Peace
1869 · Historical fiction · Realism
Five families through Napoleon's invasion, plus a theory of history.
Novel · 1878
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Anna Karenina
1878 · Realism · Tragedy
Two marriages, one destroyed by passion, one built by patience.
