Leo Tolstoy by Knowles, A.V. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgments Note on the Text Introduction Before ‘War and Peace’ (1852–65)

1. Nekrasov on some early works:

(a) On ‘Childhood’, letter, 1852 (b) On ‘The Memoirs of a Billiard-marker’, letter, 1854 (c) On ‘Boyhood’, letter, 1855 (d) On ‘Sebastopol in May’, letter, 1855 (e) On ‘The Woodfelling’ and ‘Sebastopol in August’, reviews, ‘Contemporary’, 1855–6

2. Annenkov on ‘Childhood’ and ‘Boyhood’, review, ‘Contemporary, 1855 3. Dudyshkin, review of ‘The Raid’ and ‘The Woodfelling’, ‘Fatherland Notes’, 1855 4. Druzhinin on the bad style of ‘Youth’, letter, 1856 5. Unsigned review of ‘Sebastopol in August’, ‘Fatherland Notes’, 1856 6. Chernyshevsky on Tolstoy:

(a) Review of ‘Childhood’, ‘Boyhood’ and ‘The Military Tales’, ‘Contemporary’, 1856 (b) On ‘Youth’, letter, 1857

7. K.S.Aksakov on Tolstoy’s powers of analysis, ‘Russian Conversation’, 1857 8. Turgenev on the early Tolstoy:

(a) On ‘A Landowner’s Morning’, letter, 1857 (b) On ‘The Cossacks’, letter, 1863 (c) On ‘Polikushka’, letter, 1864

9. Khomyakov on Tolstoy’s view of art and literature, speech, 1859 10. Pisarev on what to look for in Tolstoy’s writing, ‘Daybreak’, 1859 11. Grigoriev on Tolstoy’s negation and praise for the ‘submissive’, type of personality, ‘Time’, 1862 12. Unsigned review of ‘Childhood and Youth’, ‘Saturday Review’, 1862 13. Unsigned notice of ‘Childhood and Youth’, ‘Athenaeum’, 1862 14. Tyutchev on ‘The Cossacks’, verse, 1863 15. Edelson, review of ‘The Cossacks’, ‘Library for Reading’, 1863 16. Evgeniya Tur attacks Olenin, ‘Fatherland Notes’, 1863 17. Annenkov on Olenin and ‘civilization’, ‘St Petersburg News’, 1863 18. Tolstoy on ‘Polikushka’ and ‘The Cossacks’, letter, 1863 19. E.Markov on Maryanka, heroine of ‘The Cossacks’, ‘Fatherland Notes’, 1865 20. Pyatkovsky sums up Tolstoy’s career, ‘Contemporary’, 1865

‘War and Peace’ (1865–9)

21. Botkin, letter, 1865 22. Unsigned review of ‘1805’, ‘Book Messenger’, 1866 23. Akhsharumov, review of ‘1805’, ‘Universal Labour’, 1867 24. Annenkov, review, ‘Messenger of Europe’, 1868 25. Pisarev on Nikolay Rostov, ‘Fatherland Notes’, 1868 26. Tolstoy defends his ‘novel’, ‘Russian Archive’, 1868 27. Unsigned review, ‘Affair’, 1868 28. Tsebrikova on Natasha Rostov, ‘Fatherland Notes’, 1868 29. Bervi-Flerovsky on the Bolkonskys, ‘Affair’, 1868 30. Norov on Tolstoy’s falsification of history, ‘Military Almanac’, 1868 31. Liprandi, note on the Battle of Borodino, ‘Voice’, 1868 32. Dragomirov on Prince Andrey and the art of war, ‘Weapons Miscellany’, 1868, 1869 33. Strakhov, review, ‘Dawn’, 1870 34. Dostoevsky, letters, 1869, 1870 35. Shelgunov on Pierre Bezukhov, ‘Affair’; 1870 36. Turgenev, letters, 1868, 1869, 1870 37. Skabischevsky on Tolstoy’s characters, ‘Fatherland Notes’, 1872 38. Courrière, a French view, book, 1875 39. Ralston on Pierre Bezukhov, the typical Russian, ‘Nineteenth Century’, 1879 40. Flaubert, letter, 1880 41. De Cyon on Tolstoy’s style, ‘Nouvelle Revue’, 1883 42. Unsigned review, ‘Nation’ (New York), 1885 43. Notice, ‘Dial’ (Chicago), 1886 44. Unsigned notice, ‘The Critic’ (New York), 1886 45. Unsigned notice, ‘Athenaeum’, 1886 46. Unsigned review, ‘Saturday Review’, 1887 47. Unsigned review, ‘Spectator’, 1887 48. Kareev on Tolstoy’s philosophy of history, ‘Messenger of Europe’, 1887 49. Wedgwood compares Tolstoy and Thackeray, ‘Contemporary Review’, 1887 50. A curious combination of novel and history, ‘Westminster Review’, 1888 51. Sorel: Tolstoy—historian, ‘Revue Bleue’, 1888 52. George Moore, article, ‘Lippincott’s Magazine’, 1903 53. Maude on Tolstoy’s realism, book, 1908

‘Anna Karenina’ (1875–7)

54. Chuyko on Tolstoy and contemporary society, ‘Voice’, 1875 55. Solovyov, review, ‘St Petersburg News’, 1875 56. Tkachov attacks Tolstoy’s aristocraticism, ‘Affair’, 1875 57. Avseenko, review, ‘Russian World’, 1875 58. Skabichevsky on Tolstoy’s prolix talent, ‘Stock Exchange News’, 1875, 1876 59. Mikhaylovsky on Tolstoy’s ‘left hand’, ‘Fatherland Notes’, 1875 60. Nekrasov, verse, 1876 61. Anonymous notice, ‘Russian News’, 1876 62. Unsigned notice, ‘Citizen’, 1876 63. Veynberg lends Tolstoy his support, ‘The Bee’, 1876 64. Dostoevsky, ‘Diary of a Writer’, 1877 65. Tolstoy, letters, 1876, 1878 66. Stankevich on Anna, Vronsky and Karenin, ‘Messenger of Europe’, 1878 67. V.Markov on Tolstoy’s artistically conservative novel, ‘Week’, 1878 68. Shevitch on Tolstoy’s ideal of family life, ‘North American Review’, 1879 69. Gromeka on Karenin, ‘Russian Thought’, 1883, 1884 70. Strakhov, review, ‘Russia’, 1883 71. Dupuy, book, 1885 72. Barine on ‘Anna Karenina’ as autobiography, ‘Revue Bleue’, 1885 73. Bulgakov on Tolstoy’s view of marriage, book, 1886 74. Unsigned notice, ‘The Critic’ (New York), 1886 75. Unsigned review, ‘The Literary World’ (Boston), 1886 76. Payne, notice, ‘Dial’ (Chicago), 1886 77. Unsigned review, ‘Nation’ (New York), 1886 78. Unsigned notice, ‘Eclectic Magazine’ (New York), 1886 79. Howells, review, ‘Harper’s Magazine’, 1886 80. Unsigned notice, ‘Athenaeum’, 1887 81. Tyler, review, ‘New Englander and Yale Review’, 1887 82. Arnold, review, ‘Fortnightly Review’, 1887 83. Dawson, on the sincere art of ‘Anna Karenina’, ‘The Critic’ (New York), 1896 84. Whibley, (unsigned) review, ‘Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine’, 1901 85. Kropotkin, ‘Superhuman Justice’ or ‘Society’?, book, 1905 86. Baring, book, 1910

After ‘Anna Karenina’ (1886–1910)

87. De Vogüé on Tolstoy’s Nihilism, book, 1886 88. Oscar Wilde compares Turgenev, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, ‘Pall Mall Gazette’, 1887 89. Gosse on Tolstoy, essay, 1890 90. Leontiev on Tolstoy’s qualities, book, 1890 91. H. Ellis on Tolstoy’s conditions for human happiness, ‘The New Spirit’, 1890 92. Löwenfeld on why Tolstoy was misunderstood by his contemporaries, book, 1892 93. Shestov on Tolstoy’s lack of compassion, book, 1900 94. Chekhov on Tolstoy:

(a) On ‘Anna Karenina’, letter, 1888 (b) On ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’, letter, 1890 (c) On ‘War and Peace’, letter, 1891 (d) On ‘Resurrection’, letter, 1900 (e) On ‘Resurrection’, letter, 1900

95. Garnett on Tolstoy’s place in European literature, ‘Bookman’, 1901 96. Merezhkovsky on Tolstoy, ‘the seer of the flesh’, book, 1901 97. Some Western views of ‘Resurrection’:

(a) Unsigned notice, ‘Academy’, 1900 (b) Unsigned review, ‘Bookman’, 1900 (c) Unsigned review, ‘Athenaeum’, 1900 (d) Unsigned review, ‘Literature’, 1900 (e) Unsigned review, ‘Nation’ (New York), 1900 (f) Le Breton compares ‘Resurrection’ and ‘Les Misérables’, ‘Revue des deux mondes’, 1902

98. Chesterton on Tolstoy’s fanaticism, article, 1903 99. Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky on Ivan Ilich, book, 1905 100. Saintsbury on Tolstoy, book, 1907 101. Plekhanov on Tolstoy and Nature, ‘Star’, 1908 102. Lenin on Tolstoy as the Mirror of the Russian Revolution, ‘Proletarian’, 1908 103. Henry James on Tolstoy, books, 1897, 1909 104. Herford on Tolstoy after ‘Anna Karenina’, obituary notice, ‘Manchester Guardian’, 1910 105. Gorky recommends a young acquaintance to read Tolstoy, letter, 1910

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