Sophia Tolstoy : : a Biography

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Call Number: 921 Tolstoy, Sophia
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Childhood -- Family happiness -- Natasha -- A shadow passed between us -- Observing the artist -- At a 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.
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 Drawing on newly available archival material, including Sophia's unpublished memoir, Alexandra Popoff presents a dramatically different and accurate portrait of the woman and the marriage.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.

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