Tolstoy (104 page)

earliest extant manuscript
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family moves to Moscow (1837)
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death of his father (1837)
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locked up and threatened by his tutor
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tries to fly
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death of his grandmother
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questions his faith
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and Ilya of Murom
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appearance
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unhappy years in Kazan
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begins to keep a diary (1847)
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visits brothels
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Sergey influences his wayward behaviour
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Rousseau's influence
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rescued from drowning by peasants
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venereal disease
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leaves university without taking a degree
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inheritance
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hunting
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gambling
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learns music from a German pianist
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efforts to improve Russian literacy
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and the gypsies
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piano-playing
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takes advantage of his serf girls
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begins to think of writing fiction
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in the Caucasus
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in the army
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disappointment at missing the St George Cross
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Childhood
published and well received (1852)
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commissioned
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Crimean War
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in Bucharest
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on the founding of a new religion
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marked for life by Sebastopol
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relationship with Turgenev
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relationship with Alexandrine Tolstoya
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and Dmitry's death
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contract with
The Contemporary
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resigns from the army
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visits western Europe
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forehead scarred by a bear
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death of brother Nikolay
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Justice of the Peace
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peasant dress
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secret police file on him
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koumiss cure
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marriage to Sonya
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decision to change writing style
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interest in bees
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birth of son Sergey
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breaks arm pursuing a rabbit
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his library
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health
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learns ancient Greek
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death fixation
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on his children
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treatment of his children
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property in Samara
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abandoned Peter the Great novel
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portraits
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death of son Petya
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death of Aunt Toinette
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death of son Nikolay
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death of Aunt Polina
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initiates sister Masha's divorce
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spiritual crisis of 1880s
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newfound religious fervour
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visits Optina Pustyn Monastery
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and Alexeyev
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daily routine
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visit to Caves Monastery, Kiev
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loss of faith
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and Pushkin celebrations
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plea for clemency for Alexander II's assassins
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crusade to propagate his Christian ideals
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surveillance
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his creed
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'holy fool'
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and The Intermediary
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worldview
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death of son Alexey
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twenty-fifth wedding anniversary
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anathematised in Kharkov
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renounces copyright and all his property
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renounces his title
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famine relief (1892)
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moral leader to the nation
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longs for martyrdom
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seeks to bring down the Russian government
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Stead on T's fame
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first biography of him
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excommunicated from the Orthodox Church (1901)
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death of son Vanechka
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cycling
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makes notes on his funeral
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ice-skating
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jealous of Taneyev
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choice of music
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meets Tchaikovsky
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compared with Wagner
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chaotic publishing habits
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compared with his opponent Father Ioann
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known as the 'Elder of Yasnaya Polyana'
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personal physician
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gathering of Tolstoy utterances
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Circle of Reading
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death of daughter Masha
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eightieth birthday
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wills
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leaves Sonya
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death at Astapovo station (7 November 1910)
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buried at Yasnaya Polyana
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his death acts as a catalyst for political action
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centenary of his birth
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advances in Tolstoy scholarship
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fiftieth anniversary of T's death (1960)
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150th anniversary of T's birth (1978)
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'cult' of Tolstoy
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legacy
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character

absent-mindedness
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ambition
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anti-authority
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attitude to women
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charisma
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combative nature
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contrariness
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cult of his ancestors
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eccentricity
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egotism
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energy
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enthusiasms
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erudition
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fearless in the face of controversy
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headstrong nature
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highly emotional
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hyper-sensitivity
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