Tolstoy’s experience of the Crimean War inspired War and Peace Tolstoy ... house at Yasnaya Polyana. Image courtesy of Sarah Hudspith 5. Tolstoy gambled away a large part of his family ...

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The length of War and Peace is partly explained by the length of time Tolstoy spent planning, writing and polishing it. The earliest draft storylines found in Tolstoy’s manuscripts date back to ...

Known as the Free Age Press, they secretly printed pacifist literature for smuggling into the motherland, including works by ...