Leo Tolstoy

Novelists
Russian Literature

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer born into an aristocratic family. He gained acclaim through Childhood, Boyhood and Youth and Sevastopol Sketches. His major novels include War and Peace, Anna Karenina and Resurrection, alongside short stories, novellas, plays and essays. After a moral crisis in the 1870s, he developed religious and ethical views that led him to Christian anarchism, pacifism and advocacy of Georgism.

Born: 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828
Major novels: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Resurrection
Political and religious views: Christian anarchist, pacifist and advocate of Georgism

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