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Book SynopsisDealing with the most topical questions of the time, Sofia Tolstaya's artistic works—from parables and short stories to novellas and memoirs—not only show deep insights into the historical context of nineteenth-century Russia, but also reveal the evolution of her feelings in her forty-eight-year marriage to Leo Tolstoy.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements from the First edition
Preface to the Second edition
Explanatory note Selected genealogy
PART I Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya: a literary life
1. Introduction 2. Sofia Andreevna: a literary life in context 3. Autobiographical works 4. Tolstaya’s works of fiction 4.1 First story: Natasha 4.2 Contributions to Tolstoy’s A new primer [Novaja azbuka] 4.3 Story collection: The skeleton-dolls [Kukolki-skelettsy] 4.4 Novella: Who is to blame? [Ch’ja vina?] 4.5 Narrative: Song without words [Pesnja bez slov] 4.6 Poem in prose: Groanings [Stony] Concluding remarks Selected chronology Bibliography
PART II Literary works of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya (in English translation) 1. Natasha 2. A new primer (Stories) [Novaja azbuka (Rasskazy)] 3. The skeleton-dolls and other stories [Kukolki-skelettsy i drugie rasskazy] 3a. The skeleton-dolls (a Christmas story) [Kukolki-skelettsy (Svjatochnyj rasskaz)] 3b. Grandmother’s treasure-trove (a fable) [Babushkin klad (predanie)] 3c. The story of a grivennik (a fairy tale) [Istorija grivennika (skazka)] 3d. Vanechka (a true story from his life) [Vanechka (istinnoe proisshestvie iz ego zhizni)] 3e. The rescued dachshund (Vanechka’s story) [Spasënnyj taks (rasskaz Vanechki)] 4. Who is to blame? (novella) [Ch’ja vina? (novella)] 5. Song without words (narrative) [Pesnja bez slov (povest’)] 6. Groanings (poem in prose) [Stony (stikhotvorenie v proze)] 7. My life (excerpts) [Moja zhizn’ (fragmenty)] 8. Poems by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya published in My life [Stikhotvorenija Sofii Andreevny Tolstoj, opublikovannye v ee memuarakh «Moja zhizn’»] 9. Other poems by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya [Inye stikhotvorenija S.A. Tolstoj]
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