Tolstoy is also my favourite writer. I’ve read War and Peace 5 times, Anna Karenina 4 times, Resurrection 3 or 4 times, Hadji Murad 6 times, Father Sergius 4 times, Kreutzer Sonata 5 times, Cossacks 2 times, etc etc etc. Tolstoy fanatic
Leo Tolstoy is a favourite of mine; his words, like stars, will forever shine. Three Quests, his tale, so grand, inspirational, like grains of sand. Thank you for sharing his life's art In just 11 minutes, you impart. Here's a poem, my humble start, "The Dust of Our Hearts," a work of heart. THE DUST OF OUR HEARTS," Air is full of dust- dust piles up in every corner affecting our thoughts and hearts. Whenever anything is not cleaned up only for a couple of days or even less than that we can see how this dust always piles up. There is too much propaganda everywhere. Some of these propagandas are like the dust in our hearts- while some propaganda may actually cleanse our hearts! If we do not cleanse the dust from our hearts then our hearts gradually lose their power to determine the difference between what is right and what is wrong. Good lituracher and philosophical musings cleanse our hearts and make them stronger for our happiness and a more meaningful life.
The old man was really telling us good things. Leo Tolstoy was a great man of his kind. He stood and wrote for common man so we hold him respectfully near our Hearts. You presented all about him in very interesting way
I'm overwhelmed! I'm astonished! I wonder how an entirely a broken man could have contributed a construction to the mankind through touching the human psychology endeavour quest persuet and never-ending question of the purpose of being here in this world in his writings! No doubt he is the all time writer on this globe other than divine writings and revelations!
This was such an interesting documentary. I knew nothing about Tolstoy's life, he seems like such an interesting man. I've never read anything by him, but I definitely will now. Thank you for sharing this with us
Thank you for watching! I'm really glad you've discovered this great writer!! You'll enjoy reading his books 📚☕ recommend you to start with '' Childhood, Adolescence, Youth" 😊
Excellent video on Tolstoy. I used to read his work all the time but haven’t in a few years. You’ve motivated me to open those old books again. Cheers!
Thank you for this excellent synopsis. I visited the house where he lived in Moscow. It was a chilly fall day, and I took a fallen leaf from one of the trees in the back yard; trees that I imagined he also enjoyed.
Very interesting video. I have read Anna Karenina and some of his short stories and find them very insightful of the human condition. One of these days I hope to tackle War and Peace. Tolstoy was a very controversial character, especially after he became world famous. Not only was he excommunicated, but he was not particularly well regarded by the Russian ruling class, because of his anti-government rhetoric. Despite this, his image graces many Russian stamps, almost as many as Lenin.
Young lady, you did very well. I learned from your video, thank you. You also have a beautiful voice, I like listen to you. Regards from Germany 💕 I read Anna Karenina and was impressed. You encourage me to read more!
You are such a beautiful speaker & communicator!! ♥️ I live in 🇨🇦 and am just starting my journey into 19th century authors and Tolstoy, Dickens and Doestevsky are at the top of my list! I learned a lot from your video about his personal life & struggles 😢 I also know that he & Doestevesky were contemporaries although Fedyor didn’t know of him and sadly they never met! 😢Like a Russian tragedy lol … but after Doestevsky passed, Leo said he wished so badly he could have met him!! 😭 Anyways thank you for a beautiful and articulate look into this man’s life .. I really enjoyed it ☺️
Amazing Video! I'm currently reading 'Anna Karenina' and all i have to say is that it's so good!! I love the writing style very much. By watching your video, i noticed many autobiographic details that are also in 'Anna Karenina', truly amazing! :)
enjoyed the video - have never read L.T. but have a copy of AK on my shelf - I have to open that thick book - that book was cross-referenced in Unbearable Lightness of Being
Difficult to say since I've read in the original only so far. However, I've heard that the Garnett translation is considered to be one of the best. I myself have a copy of War and Peace in English translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude (also said to be one of the best). Hopefully, very soon will check it out
I recently started listening to his short stories and I sensed that he had lost his faith somewhere along the way. I thought perhaps it was the result of the Bolshevik Revolution which had that effect on many people of his time. No one seems to talk about that though. Very sad.
one detail you may not have known. late in his life he started ranting about the evils of sex and he denounced marriage as prostitution. this latter is the mark of a false prophet (ie heretical false teacher) and shows he could not distinguish proper use from abuse as regards sex and marriage. This logical failure is the mark of a very poor thinker. and it is worth noting that when i went to university age 19 to do a music degree with humanity course fillers including russian literature and philosophy Tolstoy was not regard as a philosopher by the philosophy department. my point is when he was ranting about the evils of sex news came out that his wife was pregnant with his THIRTEENTH child and the mockery, derision and laughter world wide at the time was IMMENSE. BTW I have been a russophile for 50 years now. that immense and colourful land and its people and has fascinated me all that time . i do not reject LNT out of contempt for Russia or its people, but only out of a rational view of his life and work
preaching universal love and the brotherhood of Man he made his family life a living hell. and his views of equality did not extend to women. I now despise the man. He was a great story teller and spinner of texts, but a poor and undisciplined thinker who was led by passion and not logic. and although i am the very first to admit that the Christian church has always been riddled with corruption and error what LNT thought those errors were was utterly mistaken. he dared rewrite the four gospels denying the divinity of Christ and denying miracles his excommunication was completely justified. indeed any church that did not excommunicate such a person would be apostate of itself i have long since given up reading novels to find edification or wisdom, and even if i thought such cold be found in fiction i regard Tolstoy as an arrogant hypocrite of the first order. it must be realized that greatness as a novelist does not mean greatness as a person or even wisdom as one. I read War and Peace and Karenina and some of the shorter works in 1977 at age 18. when i read fiction at all it is merely for entertainment, and as such i am now reading the Harry Potter books for the first time
