Americans in Conversation with Tolstoy
Selected Accounts, 1887–1923
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About the Book
Throughout his life, Leo Tolstoy demonstrated a fascination for Americans, a feeling that was avidly reciprocated in the United States. Although Tolstoy was never able to come to America, during his lifetime he was visited at his home in Russia by a number of Americans including writers, journalists, ambassadors, professors and tourists.
Many wrote about the conversations they had with the great Russian novelist. This volume gathers together 30 recollections of such conversations, all originally published in periodicals from 1887 through 1923. A brief introduction to each piece introduces the author of the narrative with concise biographical information, and a bibliographical note indicates the time and place of original publication.
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Bibliographic Details
Edited by Peter Sekirin
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 228
Bibliographic Info: bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2006
pISBN: 978-0-7864-2253-1
eISBN: 978-0-7864-8165-1
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
THE ACCOUNTS OF CONVERSATIONS*
1. A Visit to Count Tolstoy 9
2. Count Tolstoy at Home 34
3. With Count Tolstoy 36
4. A Visit to Tolstoy 51
5. How Count Tolstoy Writes 55
6. An Interview with Count Tolstoy 59
7. Home Life of Tolstoy 61
8. A Visit to Tolstoy 64
9. Russia of To-day (on Tolstoy) 71
10. Conversations with Ernest Crosby Embodying Personal Impressions of Count Leo Tolstoy 75
11. Walks and Talks with Tolstoy 84
12. A Recent Interview with Tolstoy 100
13. Tolstoy Today 106
14. My Last Memory of Tolstoy 112
15. My Last Visit to Tolstoy 115
16. Tolstoy in 1906 126
17. Tolstoy Prophesies the Fall of America 132
18. Tolstoy in the Twilight 139
19. Tolstoy at Home 145
20. The Last Days of Leo Tolstoy 151
21. Talks with Tolstoy 163
22. Three Evenings with Count Leo Tolstoy 174
23. A Vacation with Tolstoy 179
24. A Day in Tolstoy’s Life 193
25. How Tolstoy Died 200
26. What Tolstoy Means to America 210
Bibliography 215
Index 217
*Chronologically by date of publication
Book Reviews & Awards
“recommended”—Library Journal; “a rewarding read. The accounts are all elegantly written and instantly evoke the venerable spirit of Tolstoy…this volume should delight anyone interested in Tolstoy”—SEER.