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Leo Tolstoy
February 3, 2016
MagazineAlexander Chee
Children of the Century
For writers of historical fiction, fact fades and feeling persists.
October 2, 2014
The New Republic Staff
Gorgeous Vintage Sketches of Tolstoy and Your Other Favorite Authors
July 30, 2014
Adam Kirsch
Ira Glass Is a Philistine for Saying Shakespeare Sucks, But He's in Good Company
Why writers have spent centuries attacking the Bard
March 10, 2003
James Wood
The Unwinding Stair
April 27, 1992
Irving Howe
The Old Magician
In defense of the late, scolding Tolstoy.
July 2, 1930
Louise Bogan
Tolstoy’s Wife
September 30, 1916
Francis Hackett
The Greatest Novel
The triumph of War and Peace

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