Jane Kentish
1) A confession
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In Confession Tolstoy poses the question: Is there any meaning in my life that will not be destroyed by my death? In 1879 the fifty-one-year-old author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina came to believe that he had accomplished nothing in life. Either of these magnificent novels would have assured Tolstoy's permanent place in the annals of world literature, yet his achievement was not enough to give his life meaning. Confession is an account of this...
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A selection of religious writings by nineteenth-century Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, including the title selection that documents his 1879 spiritual crisis during which he decided he had accomplished nothing of lasting value in his lifetime; accompanied by an introduction and explanatory notes.
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"Notes from the Underground (1864) is one of the most profound works of nineteenth-century literature. A probing, speculative book, often regarded as a forerunner of the Existentialist movement, it examines the important political and philosophical questions that were current in Russia and Europe at the time." -- Provided by publisher.
"The Gambler (1866), set in the fictional town of Roulettenberg, explores the compulsive nature of gambling, one...