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100	1		_aTolstaya, S. A. _q(Sofia Andreevna), _d1844-1919.
240	1	0	_aMoia zhizni. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aMy Life / _bSofia Andreevna Tolstaya; translated from Russian by John Woodsworth & Arkadi Klioutchanski ; edited and with an introduction by Andrew Donskov.
260			_a[Ottawa] : _bUniversity of Ottawa Press, _c2010.
300			_alix, 1125 p., [64] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), col. map, geneal. tables ; _c27 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505			_a"One hundred years after his death, Leo Tolstoy continues to be regarded as one of the world’s most accomplished writers. Historically, little attention has been paid to his wife Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya. Acting in the capacity of literary assistant, translator, transcriber, and editor, she played an important role in the development of her husband’s career. Her memoirs – which she titled My Life – lay dormant for almost a century. Now their first-time-ever appearance in Russia is complemented by an unabridged and annotated English translation.
505			_aTolstaya’s story takes us from her childhood through the early years of her marriage, the writing of War and Peace and Anna Karenina and into the first year of the twentieth century. She paints an intimate and honest portrait of her husband’s character, providing new details about his life to which she alone was privy. She offers a better understanding of Tolstoy’s character, his qualities and failings as a husband and a father, and forms a picture of the quintessential Tolstoyan character which underlies his fiction.
505			_aMy Life also reveals that Tolstaya was an accomplished author in her own right — as well as a translator, amateur artist, musician, photographer, and businesswoman — a rarity in the largely male-dominated world of the time. She was actively involved in the relief efforts for the 1891–92 famine and the emigration of the Doukhobors in 1899. She was a prolific correspondent, in touch with many prominent figures in Russian and Western society. Guests in her home ranged from peasants to princes, from anarchists to artists, from composers to philosophers. Her descriptions of these personalities read as a chronicle of the times, affording a unique portrait of late-19th- and early-20th-century Russian society, ranging from peasants to the Tsar himself.
505			_aMy Life is the most important primary document about Tolstoy to be published in many years and a unique and intimate portrait of one of the greatest literary minds of all time." (Publisher's Website)
505			_aTABLE OF CONTENTS:
505			_aAcknowledgements
505			_aEditor’s Note
505			_aSelected Genealogy
505			_aIntroduction: “Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya: An Insider’s Perspective”
505			_aMy Life
505			_aPart I (1840s–1862)
505			_aPart II (1862–1875)
505			_aPart III (1876–1883)
505			_aPart IV (1884–1888)
505			_aPart V (1889–1891)
505			_aPart VI (1892–1895)
505			_aPart VII (1896–1899)
505			_aPart VIII (1900–1901)
505			_aAppendix: Poems Cited
505			_aBibliography
505			_aOutline of Chapters
505			_aIndex of References to Tolstoy’s Works
505			_aIndex of Names
600	1	0	_aTolstaia, S. A. _q(Sofia Andreevna), _d1844-1919.
600	1	0	_aTolstoy, Leo, _cgraf, _d1828-1910.
650		0	_aAuthors' spouses _zRussia (Federation) _vBiography.
650		0	_aAuthors, Russian _y19th century _vBiography.
650		0	_aPublishers and publishing _zRussia (Federation) _vBiography.
650		0	_aNovelists, Russian _y19th century _vBiography.
700	1		_aDonskov, Andrew _d1939-
700	1		_aWoodsworth, John _d1944-
700	1		_aKlioutchanski, Arkadi _d1965-
856			_uhttps://press.uottawa.ca/en/9780776630427/my-life/ _zPublisher's Website.
856			_uhttps://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/1lm0b9c/alma991044883279505161 _zCheck the UO Library catalog.
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