Leo Tolstoy's Three Daughters
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Leo Tolstoy's Three Daughters
19.99 €
Three sisters, three daughters of the great writer, three characters, three destinies. Tatiana, Maria and Alexandra - each of Leo Tolstoy's daughters became his helper and friend, and for each of them the spiritual experience of their father became decisive in their lives. The author of this book is Nadezhda Gennadyevna Mikhnovets, a well-known St. Petersburg scholar, doctor of philological sciences, professor at the Herzen State Pedagogical University, author of numerous publications on Leo Tolstoy and Russian literature of the 19th century. Relying on a wide range of sources, including little available, as well as quoted for the first time, the author traces the fates of Tolstoy's three daughters - the favorite of the whole family, a talented artist Tatiana, modest and selfless, early deceased Maria, always distinguished by the irrepressible vitality of Alexandra. The book opens previously unknown pages of their biographies, relating not only to life in the paternal home, but also to the events that followed the tragic death of L. N. Tolstoy. N. Tolstoy. World War I, revolution, emigration, separation from loved ones, World War II, oblivion at home - this was the twentieth century for Tatiana and Alexandra, who, however, managed to find the strength to overcome adversity, help others and believe in the best.
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