The first volume of an in-depth biography of the great Russian author, Leo Tolstoy (paperback edition published by Vintage Books Inc. New York, 1960). Subtitled: The Years of Development 1828-1879. Author and scholar, Ernest J. Simmons, Chairman of the Department of Slavic languages and Professor of Russian literature at the Russian Institute of Columbia University ( 1946-58) offers " a book as definitive as any...
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