Ebook {Epub PDF} What Is to Be Done? and Life by Leo Tolstoy

What Is to Be Done?; Life [Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What Is to Be Done?; Life. What Is to be Done? (sometimes translated as What Then Must We Do?) is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy, in which Tolstoy describes the social conditions of Russia in his day. Tolstoy completed the book in , and the first English language publication came in as What To Do?. What Is to Be Done? and Life. As a fiction writer, Leo Tolstoy () is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina." In their scope, breadth and realistic depiction of 19th-century Russian l. As a fiction writer, Leo Tolstoy () is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly /5.

5 min. A person, 50 years old, is in full blown mid-life crisis. Even with fame, fortune, and a loving family, life is meaningless. This was Leo Tolstoy. Having written War and Peace and Anna Karenina, he was one of the most celebrated authors in the history of mankind. Yet, Leo Tolstoy found himself immersed in despair. Early Life. Tolstoy was born into a very old Russian aristocratic family whose lineage was, quite literally, the stuff of Russian legend. According to family history, they could trace their family tree back to a legendary nobleman named Indris, who had left the Mediterranean region and arrived in Chernigov, Ukraine, in with his two sons and an entourage of approximately 3, people. Leo Tolstoy was born to Count Nikolay Tolstoy and Princess Volkonskaya in Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula Province of Russia. Youngest son of the family, Tolstoy experienced a lot of personal grief and sorrow at an early age. His mother passed away when he was just two. At the age of nine, he lost his father.

What Is to Be Done?, sometimes translated as What Then Must We Do? (Russian: Так что же нам делать?), is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy in which he describes the social conditions of Russia in his day. Tolstoy completed the book in and the first English language publication came in as What to Do?. A revised translation with the current title was published in Available to ship in days. As an alternative, the Kindle eBook is available now and can be read on any device with the free Kindle app. Leo Tolstoy at age 20, c. Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, a family estate 12 kilometres ( mi) southwest of Tula, and kilometres ( mi) south of Moscow. He was the fourth of five children of Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy (–), a veteran of the Patriotic War of , and Countess Mariya Tolstaya (née Volkonskaya;