| Edition |
1st Free Press hardcover ed. |
| Description |
xi, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-339) and index. |
| Contents |
Childhood -- Family happiness -- Natasha -- A shadow passed between us -- Observing the artist -- On crossroads -- Life with a religious philosopher -- Separate lives -- The money brought me no joy -- The martyr and the martyress -- Who's to blame? -- The brotherhood of people -- I long to be alone with my family -- A song without words -- In life's whirlpool -- The line has been drawn -- In the name of universal love -- And the light shineth in darkness -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
As Leo Tolstoy's wife, Sophia Tolstoy experienced both glory and condemnation during their forty-eight-year marriage. She was admired as the muse and literary assistant to one of the world's most celebrated novelists. But when in later years Tolstoy became a towering public figure and founded a new brand of religion, she was scorned for her disagreements with him. And it is this version of Sophia--malicious, shrill, perennially at war with Tolstoy--that has gone down in the historical record. Drawing on newly available archival material, including Sophia's unpublished memoir, Alexandra Popoff presents a dramatically different and accurate portrait of the woman and the marriage. This lively, well-researched biography demonstrates that, contrary to popular belief, Sophia was remarkably supportive of Tolstoy and was, in fact, key to his fame"--Cover, p. 2. |
| Subject |
Tolstai͡a, S. A. (Sofʹi͡a Andreevna), 1844-1919.
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Tolstai͡a, S. A. (Sofʹi͡a Andreevna), 1844-1919. |
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Tolstai͡a, S. A. (Sofʹi͡a Andreevna), 1844-1919 -- Marriage.
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Marriage. |
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Authors' spouses -- Russia -- Biography.
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Authors' spouses. |
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Russia. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. |
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Wives -- Russia -- Biography.
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Wives. |
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Women -- Russia -- Biography.
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Women. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781416597599 |
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141659759X |
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9781416559900 ebook |
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1416559906 ebook |
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