National Review, July 31st, 1987
Tolstoy, by Pietro Citati, translated by Raymond Rosenthal (Schocken, 265 pp., $18.95) Leo Tolstoy: Resident and Stranger, by Richard Gustafson (Princeton, 480 pp., $29.50)
TOLSTOI WAS A wealthy aristocrat, afeudal lord in a society that was still medieval. He led a privileged life, supported by the labor of innumerable peasants whom he ruled like a deity. His marriage was extremely happy and productive--of books and children-- for 17 years. But Tolstoi's religious crisis shattered the family's security and led to thirty years of bitter conflict with his sons and his wife, Sofia. Tolstoi wa...
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