{"product_id":"sofia-tolstaya-the-author-9780776629445","title":"Sofia Tolstaya the Author","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDealing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements from the First edition\t\u003cbr\u003e  Preface to the Second edition\t \u003cbr\u003e  Explanatory note\t Selected genealogy\t \u003cbr\u003e  PART I Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya: a literary life  \u003cbr\u003e  1. Introduction\t 2. Sofia Andreevna: a literary life in context 3. Autobiographical works\t \t4. Tolstaya’s works of fiction\t \t4.1 First story: Natasha\t \t4.2 Contributions to Tolstoy’s A new primer [Novaja azbuka]\t \t4.3 Story collection: The skeleton-dolls [Kukolki-skelettsy]\t \t4.4 Novella: Who is to blame? [Ch’ja vina?]\t \t4.5 Narrative: Song without words [Pesnja bez slov]\t \t4.6 Poem in prose: Groanings [Stony]\t Concluding remarks\t Selected chronology  Bibliography  \u003cbr\u003e  PART II Literary works of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya (in English translation)  1.\tNatasha\t 2.\tA new primer (Stories) [Novaja azbuka (Rasskazy)]\t  3.\tThe skeleton-dolls and other stories [Kukolki-skelettsy i drugie rasskazy]\t  \t3a.\tThe skeleton-dolls (a Christmas story) [Kukolki-skelettsy (Svjatochnyj rasskaz)]\t  \t3b.\tGrandmother’s treasure-trove (a fable) [Babushkin klad (predanie)]\t  \t3c.\tThe story of a grivennik (a fairy tale) [Istorija grivennika (skazka)]\t  \t3d.\tVanechka (a true story from his life) [Vanechka (istinnoe proisshestvie iz ego zhizni)]\t  \t3e.\tThe rescued dachshund (Vanechka’s story) [Spasënnyj taks (rasskaz Vanechki)]\t  4.\tWho is to blame? (novella) [Ch’ja vina? (novella)]\t  5.\tSong without words (narrative) [Pesnja bez slov (povest’)]\t  6.\tGroanings (poem in prose) [Stony (stikhotvorenie v proze)]\t 7.\tMy life (excerpts) [Moja zhizn’ (fragmenty)]\t  8.\tPoems by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya published in My life [Stikhotvorenija Sofii Andreevny Tolstoj, opublikovannye v ee memuarakh «Moja zhizn’»]\t  9.\tOther poems by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya [Inye stikhotvorenija S.A. Tolstoj]\t \u003cbr\u003e   Index of names","brand":"Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa\/University of Ottawa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018435133783,"sku":"9780776629445","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780776629445.jpg?v=1750776875","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sofia-tolstaya-the-author-9780776629445","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}