Tolstoy Seminar: The Diaries of Sofya Tolstoy Part 1

Please join us for a discussion and read through of the Diaries of Sofya Tolstoy over the next few months. Please read the introduction and the entries for 1862, 1863, and 1864.

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.

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