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Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

(1828–1910), including his novels, novellas, short stories, fables and parables, plays, and nonfiction.

Prose Fiction

Novels

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War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...

'' (Война и мир 'Voyna i mir'' 1869) *''

Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...

'' (Анна Каренина 'Anna Karenina'' 1877) *''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, whic ...

'' (Воскресение 'Voskresenie'' 1899)

Novellas

*''The Autobiographical Trilogy'' (1852-1856) **''

Childhood A child (plural, : children) is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers ...

'' (Детство 'Detstvo'' 1852) **'' Boyhood'' (Отрочество 'Otrochestvo'' 1854) **''

Youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. Yo ...

'' (Юность 'Yunost''' 1856) *'' Sevastopol Sketches'' (''Севастопольские рассказы'' 'Sevastopolskie rasskazy'' 1855–1856) **"Sevastopol in December 1854" (1855) **"Sevastopol in May 1855" (1855) **"Sevastopol in August 1855" (1856) * '' A Morning of a Landed Proprietor'' (''Утро помещика'', 1856) * '' Two Hussars'' (''Два гусара'' 'Dva gusara'' 1856) * '' Family Happiness'' (Семейное счастье 1859) * '' Polikúshka'' (''Поликушка'' 'Polikushka'' 1862) * '' The Cossacks'' (Казаки 'Kazaki'' 1863) * ''

The Death of Ivan Ilyich ''The Death of Ivan Ilyich'' (also Romanized ''Ilich, Ilych, Ilyitch''; russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, Smert' Ivána Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late f ...

'' (Смерть Ивана Ильича 'Smert' Ivana Il'icha'' 1886) * ''

The Kreutzer Sonata ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (russian: Крейцерова соната, ) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The novella was published in 1889, and was promptly censored by the Russian authorities. The work is a ...

'' (Крейцерова соната 'Kreitserova Sonata'' 1889) * ''

The Devil Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an entity in the Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood ...

'' (Дьявол 'Dyavol''1911, written 1889) * '' Walk in the Light While There is Light'' (''Ходите в свете, пока есть свет'', 1893) * '' Master and Man'' (''Хозяин и работник'' 'Khozyain and rabotnik'' 1895) * ''

The Forged Coupon ''The Forged Coupon'' (russian: Фальшивый купон, Fal'shivyi kupon) is a novella in two parts by Leo Tolstoy. Though he first conceived of the story in the late 1890s, he did not begin writing it until 1902. After struggling for sever ...

'' (Фальшивый купон 'Fal'shivyi kupon'' 1911) * '' Hadji Murat'' (Хаджи-Мурат 'Khadzhi-Murat'' 1912, 1917)

Short stories

* A History of Yesterday ("История вчерашнего дня") (1851) *" The Raid" ("Набег" Nabeg" 1852) *" The Cutting of the Forest" (1855) *" Recollections of a Billiard-marker" ("Записки маркера" Zapiski markera" 1855) *"

The Snowstorm "The Snowstorm" (also translated as "The Snow Storm") ( rus, Метель, Metel) is a short story by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published in 1856, in the literary and political magazine ''Sovremennik''. Background The idea for ...

" ("Метель" Metel" 1856) *" Lucerne" ("Люцерн" Lyutsern" 1857) *"

Albert Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Alber ...

" ("Альберт" Al'bert" 1858) *"

Three Deaths "Three Deaths: A Tale" (russian: Три смерти, Tri smerti) is a short story by Leo Tolstoy first published in 1859. It narrates the deaths of three subjects: a noblewoman, a coachman and a tree. Synopsis Chapter 1 The story begins with a no ...

" ("Три смерти" Tri smerti" 1859) * "The Porcelain Doll" (1863) *" God Sees the Truth, But Waits" ("Бог правду видит, да не скоро скажет" Bog pravdu vidit, da ne skoro skazhet" 1872) *" The Prisoner in the Caucasus" ("Кавказский пленник" Kavkazskii plennik" 1872) *" The Bear Hunt" (1872) *" Memoirs of a Madman" (1884) *" Croesus and Fate" (1886) *" An Old Acquaintance" (1887) *" Stories of My Dogs" (1888) *"

Kholstomer "Kholstomer" ( rus, Холстомер, p=xəlstɐˈmʲer), also translated as "Strider", is a work by Leo Tolstoy that has been referred to as “one of the most striking stories in Russian literature”. It was started in 1863 and left unfinis ...

" or "Strider" ("Холстомер", 1888) *" A Lost Opportunity" (1889) *" Françoise" ("Франсуаза", 1891) *" A Dialogue Among Clever People" (1892) *"

The Coffee-House of Surat "The Coffee-House of Surat" (''Суратская кофейная'') (AKA: ''A Surat Café'') is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in 1891, first published in Russian in 1893, and first published in English in 1901. Like several other of Tolst ...

" ("Суратская кофейная", 1893) *" The Young Tsar" (1894) *" Too Dear!" ("Дорого стоит" Dorogo stoit" 1897) *"

Father Sergius "Father Sergius" (russian: Отец Сергий, Otets Sergiy) is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy between 1890 and 1898 and first published (posthumously) in 1911.Julian Connolly in Charles A. Moser (ed.), ''The Cambridge History of Russian ...

" ("Отец Сергий" Otetz Sergij" 1898) *" Khodynka: An Incident of the Coronation of Nicholas II" ("Ходынка", 1898, published 1912) *" Work, Death, and Sickness" (1903) *" Three Questions" ("Три вопроса" Tri voprosa" 1903) *" After the Ball" ("После бала" Posle bala" (1903) *"

Alyosha the Pot "Alyosha the Pot" (russian: Алеша Горшок 'Alyosha Gorshok'' is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy (1905) about the life and death of a simple, uncomplaining worker. It was published after Tolstoy's death in 1911 and received high pra ...

" ("Алёша Горшок" Alyosha Gorshok" 1905) *" Poor People" ("Бедные люди") (1905) *" Posthumous Notes of the Hermit Fëdor Kuzmich" ("Посмертные записки старца Федора Кузьмича") (1905, published 1912) *"Divine and Human" ("Божеское и человеческое", 1906) *"What For?" ("За что?", 1906) *" There Are No Guilty People" (1909) *"Traveller and Peasant" ("Проезжий и крестьянин", 1909, published 1917) *" Singing In The Village" ("Песни на деревне", 1910) *"A Talk With A Wayfarer" ("Разговор с прохожим", 1910) *" Three Days in the Village" ("Три дня в деревне", 1910) *"My Dream" ("Что я видел во сне", 1911) *Stories that have not been translated into English: **"Разжалованный" (1856) **"Прыжок" (1880) **"Рассказ Аэронавта" (1880) **"Корней Васильев" (1906) **"Ягоды" (1906) **"Благодарная почва" (1910) **"Идиллия" (1911, written 1861-62) **"Кто прав?" (1911, written 1891—1893) **"Отец Василий" (1911, written 1906) **"Сон молодого царя" (1912, written 1894) **"Сила детства" (1912, written 1908) **"Святочная ночь" (1928, written 1853) **"Как умирают русские солдаты" (1928, written 1854) **"Отрывки рассказов из деревенской жизни" (1932, written 1860—1862)

Fables and parables

*"The Two Horses" ("Две лошади", 1880) *" What Men Live By" ("Чем люди живы" Chem lyudi zhivy" 1881) *"Karma" ("Карма", 1894) *" The Two Brothers and the Gold" (Два брата и золото) (1886, written 1885) *" Ilyás" ("Ильяс", 1885) *"

Where Love Is, God Is "Where Love Is, God Is" (sometimes also translated as "Where Love Is, There God Is Also" or "Martin the Cobbler") is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The title references the Catholic hymn Ubi Caritas. One English translation of thi ...

" ("Где любовь, там и бог", 1885) *" Evil Allures, But Good Endures" ("Вражье лепко, а божье крепко", 1885) *" Wisdom of Children" ("Девчонки умнее стариков", 1885) *" Quench the Spark" ("Упустишь огонь, не потушишь" Upustish ogon', ne potushish" 1885) *" Two Old Men" ("Два старика", 1885) *"The Candle" ("Свечка", 1886) *"

Ivan the Fool Ivan the Fool () or Ivan the Ninny is a lucky fool stock character who appears in Russian folklore, a very simple-minded, but, nevertheless, lucky young man. Ivan is described as a likeable fair-haired and blue-eyed youth. The approximate se ...

" ("Сказка об дураке", 1885) *"

The Three Hermits "The Three Hermits" (Russian: Три Старца) is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy) written in 1885 and first published in 1886 in the weekly periodical '' Niva'' (''нива''). It appeared in the short- ...

" ("Три Старца", 1886) *" Promoting a Devil" ("Как чертёнок краюшку выкупал", 1886) *" Repentance" ("Кающийся грешник", 1886) *" The Grain" ("Зерно с куриное яйцо", 1886) *" How Much Land Does a Man Need?" ("Много ли человеку земли нужно", 1886) *" The Godson" ("Крестник", 1886) *"Three Sons" ("Три сына", 1889, written 1887) *"

The Empty Drum "The Empty Drum: A Russian Folk Tale Retold by Leo Tolstoy" (''"Работник Емельян и пустой барабан"'') is a short story by Leo Tolstoy published in 1891. According to Aylmer Maude, famous Tolstoy translator, it was orig ...

" ("Работник Емельян и пустой барабан", 1891) *"Three Parables" (Три притчи) (1895) *"The Restoration of Hell" ("Разрушение ада и восстановление его", 1903, written 1902) *" Esarhaddon, King of Assyria" ("Ассирийский царь Асархадон", 1903) *Fables that have not been translated into English: **"Две различные версии истории улья с лубочной крышкой" (1912, written 1900) **"Волк" (1909, written 1908)

Collections

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Twenty-Three Tales ''Twenty-Three Tales'' is a popular compilation of short stories by Leo Tolstoy. According to its publisher, Oxford University Press, the collection is about contemporary classes in Russia during Tolstoy's time, written in a brief, morality-tale ...

Unfinished

* '' The Decembrists'' (Декабристы, written 1860-1863, published 1884) * ''Peter the First'' (written 1870-1879, published 1936) * ''Prince Fyodor Shchetinin'' (written 1877-1878, published 1935) * ''Hundred Years'' (written 1877-1879)

Plays

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The Power of Darkness ''The Power of Darkness'' (russian: Власть тьмы, Vlast′ t′my) is a five- act drama by Leo Tolstoy. Written in 1886, the play's production was forbidden in Russia until 1902, mainly through the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev. I ...

'' (Власть тьмы 'Vlast' t'my'' 1886) *'' The First Distiller'' (1886) *'' The Light Shines in Darkness'' (1890) *''

The Fruits of Enlightenment ''The Fruits of Enlightenment'', aka ''Fruits of Culture'' (1889-90, pub. 1891) is a play by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. It satirizes the persistence of unenlightened attitudes towards the peasants amongst the Russian landed aristocracy. In 1891 ...

'' (Плоды просвещения 'Plody prosvesheniya'' 1891) *''

The Living Corpse ''The Living Corpse'' (russian: Живой труп, italic=yes, link=no) is a Russian play by Leo Tolstoy. Although written around 1900, it was only published shortly after his death—Tolstoy had never considered the work finished. An immediate ...

'' (Живой труп 'Zhivoi trup'' 1900) *'' The Cause of It All'' (1910)

Non-fiction

Philosophical works

Available in English

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A Confession ''A Confession'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Исповедь, Íspovedʹ), or ''My Confession'', is a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion by the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. It was written in 1879 to ...

'' (1879) – Volume 1 of an untitled four-part work *''

The Gospel in Brief ''The Gospel in Brief'' (russian: Краткое Изложение Евангелия) is a 1902 synthesis of the four gospels of the New Testament into one narrative of the life of Jesus by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Included in a larger vo ...

'', or ''A Short Exposition of the Gospel'' (1881) *''What I Believe'' (also called ''My Religion'') (1884) – Volume 4 of an untitled four-part work *'' Church and State'' (1886) *'' What Is to Be Done?'' (also translated as ''What Then Must We Do?'') (1886) *''On Life'' (1887) * ''Power and Liberty'' (Сила и свобода; 1888) * Supplementary essay for Timofei Bondarev's '' The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'' (1888) *''Why Do Men Intoxicate Themselves?'' (1890) *'' The First Step'' (1891) *''

The Kingdom of God Is Within You ''The Kingdom of God Is Within You'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Царство Божие внутри вас, Tsárstvo Bózhiye vnutrí vas) is a non-fiction book written by Leo Tolstoy. A Christian anarchist philosophical trea ...

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Non-Activity "Non-Activity" is an 1893 article by Leo Tolstoy and also the term used to describe Tolstoy's form of anarchist and pacifist thought. This thinking of Tolstoy's was influenced by wuwei (無為, "inaction"), a Taoist concept of finding victory ...

'' (1893) *'' A Letter to the Liberals'' (1896) *''

Thou Shalt Not Kill Thou shalt not kill (LXX; ), You shall not murder (Hebrew: ; ') or You shall not kill (KJV), is a moral imperative included as one of the Ten Commandments in the Torah. The imperative not to kill is in the context of ''unlawful'' killing resu ...

'' (1900) *''The Slavery of Our Times'' (190

*''Bethink Yourselves!'' (1904) *''The Only Need'' (190

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* A Letter to a Hindu (1908) *'' The Inevitable Revolution'' (1909) *'' A Calendar of Wisdom'' (''Путь Жизни'' 'Put' Zhizni'' compilation; 1909)

Untranslated

*''The Great Sin'' (Великий грех, 1905) *''Do Not Kill'' (1906) *''Love Each Other'' (1906) *''An Appeal to Youth'' (1907) *''The Only Command'' (1909) *''Reason and Religion'' (1894) *''Religion and Morality'' (1894) *''Christianity and Patriotism'' (1894) *''Non-Resistance: letter to Ernest H. Crosby'' (1896) *''How to Read the Gospels'' (1896) *''The Deception of the Church'' (1896) *''Christian Teaching'' (1898) *''On Suicide'' (1900) *''Reply to the Holy Synod'' (1901) *''The Only Way'' (1901) *''On Religious Toleration'' (1901) *''О половом вопросе'' 'O polovom voprose''(“On the Sexual Question”; compilation by Vladimir Chertkov; 1901) *''What Is Religion and What is its Essence?'' (1902) *''To the Orthodox Clergy'' (1903) *''A Criticism of Dogmatic Theology'' (1880) – Volume 2 of an untitled four-part work *''The Four Gospel Unified and Translated'' (1881) – Volume 3 of an untitled four-part work

Works on art and literature

*''The Works of Guy de Maupassant'' (1894) *''

What Is Art? ''What Is Art?'' (russian: Что такое искусство? ''Chto takoye iskusstvo?'') is a book by Leo Tolstoy. It was completed in Russian in 1897 but first published in English due to difficulties with the Russian censors. Tolstoy cites ...

'' (1897) *''Shakespeare and the Drama'' (1909)

Articles, publicism

*''Meaningless aspirations'' (''Бессмысленные мечтания'' 'Bessmyslennye mechtaniya'' 1895) *''I can't be silent'' (''Не могу молчать'' 'Ne mogu molchat 1908)

Pedagogical works

*Articles from Tolstoy's journal on education, ''Yasnaya Polyana'' (1861–1862) *''A Primer'' (1872) *''On Popular Instruction'' (1874) *''A New Primer'' (1875)