Leo Tolstoy (Censorship (Ready Reference series))

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Tolstoy is closely identified with the Russian character and conscience. Born into a wealthy and respected family, he became a prolific writer of both fiction and nonfiction. His novel War and Peace (1869) is almost universally counted among the greatest works of world literature. Tolstoy’s fiction often portrayed Russian elites in an unflattering, critical light, but it was his nonfiction writings—essays and pamphlets on moral and political issues—that provided Russian censors with the most work.

As a champion of the Russian peasantry,...

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