Title
The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy - Paperback
by Cathy Porter (Author)
"[A] testament to a great spirit, a woman who lived in terrifying proximity to one of the greatest writers of all time, and who understood exactly the high price she would have to pay for this privilege."
--Jay Parini, author of The Last Station
Translated by Cathy Porter and with an introduction by Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing, The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy chronicles in extraordinary detail the diarist's remarkable marriage to the legendary man of letters, Count Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Set against the backdrop of Russia's turbulent history at the turn of the 20th century, The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy offers a fascinating look at a remarkable era, a complicated artist, and the extraordinary woman who stood at his side.
What was the true price of living alongside genius?
- The Woman Behind the Masterpieces: Discover the story of the woman who copied War and Peace by hand multiple times, all while navigating a complex and passionate relationship with its creator, Leo Tolstoy.
- Life in Tsarist Russia: Through Sofia's eyes, experience daily life at the legendary Yasnaya Polyana estate, set against a backdrop of immense social and political upheaval at the turn of the 20th century.
- Candid Personal Diaries: Read Sofia's unfiltered thoughts on her thirteen pregnancies, her loneliness, her fierce arguments with Leo, and her desperate struggle for her own identity.
- A Wife's Sacrifice: A poignant and powerful look at the immense personal cost of being the auxiliary to a genius, chronicling both the profound connection and the heartbreaking distance that defined their 48-year marriage.
Back Jacket
After marrying Count Leo Tolstoy, the renowned author of Anna Karenina and War and Peace, Sofia Tolstoy kept a detailed diary until his death in 1910. Her life was not an easy one: she idealized her husband but was tormented by him. She lived against the background of one of the most turbulent periods in her country's history, as old feudal Russia was transformed by three revolutions and three major international wars.
Yet it is as Sofia Tolstoy's own life story--the study of one woman's private experience--that these diaries are most valuable and moving. They reveal a woman of tremendous vital energy and poetic sensibility who, in the face of provocation and suffering, continued to strive for the higher things in life and to remain indomitable.
by Cathy Porter (Author)
"[A] testament to a great spirit, a woman who lived in terrifying proximity to one of the greatest writers of all time, and who understood exactly the high price she would have to pay for this privilege."
--Jay Parini, author of The Last Station
Translated by Cathy Porter and with an introduction by Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing, The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy chronicles in extraordinary detail the diarist's remarkable marriage to the legendary man of letters, Count Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Set against the backdrop of Russia's turbulent history at the turn of the 20th century, The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy offers a fascinating look at a remarkable era, a complicated artist, and the extraordinary woman who stood at his side.
What was the true price of living alongside genius?
- The Woman Behind the Masterpieces: Discover the story of the woman who copied War and Peace by hand multiple times, all while navigating a complex and passionate relationship with its creator, Leo Tolstoy.
- Life in Tsarist Russia: Through Sofia's eyes, experience daily life at the legendary Yasnaya Polyana estate, set against a backdrop of immense social and political upheaval at the turn of the 20th century.
- Candid Personal Diaries: Read Sofia's unfiltered thoughts on her thirteen pregnancies, her loneliness, her fierce arguments with Leo, and her desperate struggle for her own identity.
- A Wife's Sacrifice: A poignant and powerful look at the immense personal cost of being the auxiliary to a genius, chronicling both the profound connection and the heartbreaking distance that defined their 48-year marriage.
Back Jacket
After marrying Count Leo Tolstoy, the renowned author of Anna Karenina and War and Peace, Sofia Tolstoy kept a detailed diary until his death in 1910. Her life was not an easy one: she idealized her husband but was tormented by him. She lived against the background of one of the most turbulent periods in her country's history, as old feudal Russia was transformed by three revolutions and three major international wars.
Yet it is as Sofia Tolstoy's own life story--the study of one woman's private experience--that these diaries are most valuable and moving. They reveal a woman of tremendous vital energy and poetic sensibility who, in the face of provocation and suffering, continued to strive for the higher things in life and to remain indomitable.
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