Lav N. Tolstoj

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, one of the most important Russian and world writers, was born September 9, 1828, on the Yasnaya Polyana estate into a wealthy noble family. After the death of his parents, he grew up under the guardianship of relatives. He studied oriental languages ​​and law at the University of Kazan, but did not complete his studies. He decided to live on the family estate, devoting himself to self-education and the study of philosophy, literature and natural sciences.

In 1851, he joined his brother in the army in the Caucasus, where his literary work began. During this period, realistic stories inspired by military life were written: Childhood (1852), Boyhood (1854) and Youth (1856) – a three-part autobiographical cycle that affirmed him as a new voice in Russian literature. He participated in the Crimean War, and later described his experiences on the battlefield in the prose of Sevastopol Stories (1855–1856).

After returning from the army in 1856, he traveled around Europe, where he came into contact with the ideas of Western education and democracy. Upon his return to Russia, he founded a school for village children in Yasnaya Polyana and developed his own pedagogical ideas, publishing a collection of texts Alphabet (1872) and the magazine Yasnaya Polyana Reading.

In literary terms, Tolstoy reached his peak with the monumental novels War and Peace (1865–1869)** and Anna Karenina (1873–1877).** The former is an epic fresco of the Napoleonic Wars and the Russian aristocracy, in which history, philosophy, and psychology merge into a synthesis of human experience. Anna Karenina is a psychological novel about love, morality, and social norms.

In his later years, Tolstoy went through a deep spiritual crisis and turned to moral and religious renewal. He wrote The Confessions (1882)**, followed by moral and philosophical writings in which he preached a simple life, nonviolence, and the renunciation of materialism (In What I Believe, the Kingdom of God Within You). His work strongly influenced Gandhi and the pacifist movements of the 20th century.

The narrative works of this period included masterpieces The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), The Kreutzer Sonata (1889), Father Sergius, and The Resurrection (1899), in which he dealt with the themes of guilt, redemption, and the meaning of life.

Due to conflicts with the Russian Orthodox Church, Tolstoy was excommunicated from the church in 1901. He died **on 20 November 1910 at the Astapovo railway station, after leaving the family estate in search of spiritual peace.

His rich bibliography includes more than 90 works: novels, short stories, essays, diaries, non-fiction, pedagogical texts and plays. Tolstoy remained a symbol of moral conscience and universal humanism, and his work is based on the idea that the true value of life is in love, work and spiritual freedom.


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Ana Karenjina

Ana Karenjina

Lav N. Tolstoj

Roman koji je Dostojevski smatrao besprekornim, a Fokner najboljim romanom ikada napisanim, monumentalno je delo Lava Tolstoja koje pruža sveobuhvatan prikaz ruskog društva devetnaestog veka.

Jutarnji list, 2004.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
18.32
Ana Karenjina

Ana Karenjina

Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj

Kao jedan od najvećih Tolstojevih romana, delo kombinuje psihološku dubinu, realističan prikaz društva i filozofske teme. Ana je književna ikona, a roman je most između ranog realizma i kasnijih moralnih razmišljanja.

Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, 1979.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The book consists of two volumes
11.26
Ana Karenjina

Ana Karenjina

Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj

„Ana Karenjina“ (1875.–1877.) je najveći i najsloženiji roman Lava Tolstoja, često smatran jednim od najvećih romana svjetske književnosti, hvaljen zbog dubine likova i filozofskih pitanja.

Mladost, 1952.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
The book consists of two volumes
10.36
Ana Karenjina

Ana Karenjina

Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj
Matica hrvatska, 1961.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The book consists of two volumes
9.76
Djetinjstvo

Djetinjstvo

Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj

„Kindheit“ (1852) ist das erste Buch einer autobiografischen Trilogie (mit „Aufwachen“ und „Jugend“), in der Tolstoi die Welt der Kindheit durch die Augen eines zehnjährigen Jungen, Nikolinka Irtenjew, erkundet – Unschuld, Freuden, Sorgen und erste Trauma

Svjetlost, 1971.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.54
Djetinjstvo / Dječaštvo / Mladost

Djetinjstvo / Dječaštvo / Mladost

Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj

Leo Nikolajewitsch Tolstoi verfolgt in seiner autobiografischen Trilogie „Kindheit“ (1852), „Junge“ (1854) und „Jugend“ (1857) das Aufwachsen von Nikolai Irtenjew, einem jungen Adligen, dessen Erfahrungen Tolstois eigene Jugend widerspiegeln.

Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, 1979.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.624.22
Hadži Murat

Hadži Murat

Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj

Hadži Murat ist eine Novelle, die Leo Tolstoi von 1896 bis 1904 verfasste und 1912 posthum veröffentlichte (allerdings erst 1917 in Gänze).

Svjetlost, 1963.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.72
Kozaci

Kozaci

Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj

Die Kosaken (1863) ist ein Schlüsselwerk in Tolstois Frühwerk und schlägt eine Brücke zwischen seinen autobiografischen Werken und seinen späteren Epen. Inspiriert von Tolstois eigenen Erlebnissen im Kaukasus, legt das Werk den Grundstein für seine Zivili

Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, 1979.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.824.17 - 5.965.82
Kreutzerova sonata, Hadži-Murat

Kreutzerova sonata, Hadži-Murat

Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj

Kreutzer's sonata belongs to those works of Tolstoy that the writer adapted in many ways to his view on moral issues, on marital morality above all.

Civitas, 2004.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
4.98
Krivotvoreni kupon i druge pripovijesti

Krivotvoreni kupon i druge pripovijesti

Lav Nikolajevič Tolstoj

The stories Morning of a Nobleman, From the Notes of Prince Nekhludov, Marker's Notes, The Scale, Two Hussars, The Prisoner of the Caucasus, The Forged Coupon, The Death Notes of Old Man Fyodor Kuzmich, and Why? explore themes of morality, society, and sp

Nakladni zavod Hrvatske, 1979.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.62