Berlin, Isaiah, "Tolstoy and Enlightenment," in Mightierthat the Sword, MacMillan & Co., 1964.
An influential assessment of the often-repeated charge that Tolstoy was a good fiction writer but a flawed philosopher.
Christian, R. F., Tolstoy's War and Peace- A Study, The Clarendon Press, 1962.
A comprehensive and recommended study of the novel.
Citati, Pietro, Tolstoy, Schocken Books, 1986.
Written by an Italian literary critic, this is a short biography that introduces students to the key elements in Tolstoy's life and works
Crankshaw, Edward, Tolstoy: The Making of a Novelist, The Viking Press, 1974.
Traces Tolstoy's development as a novelist
Crego Benson, Ruth, "Two Natashas," in Women in Tolstoy: The Ideal and the Erotic, University of Illinois Press, 1973.
Examines the conflict between Tolstoy's portrayal of Natasha as a strong complex heroine and his tendency to see.....
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