{"product_id":"9780571324057-tolstoys-diaries-volume-2","title":"Tolstoy's Diaries Volume 2: 1895-1910","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCovering the years 1895-1910, this title intends to reflect Tolstoy's preoccupations as a writer (his views on his own work and that of others), his development as a person and as a thinker, and his attitudes to contemporary social problems, rural life, industrialisation, education, and later, to religious and spiritual questions. \u003cp\u003eAn important and long-overdue contribution to our knowledge of Tolstoy.' D. M. Thomas, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume 2 of Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eDiaries\u003c\/i\u003e covers the years 1895-1910. These diaries were meticulously edited by R. F. Christian so as to reflect Tolstoy's preoccupations as a writer (his views on his own work and that of others), his development as a person and as a thinker, and his attitudes to contemporary social problems, rural life, industrialisation, education, and later, to religious and spiritual questions. Christian introduces each period with a brief and informative summary of the main biographical details of Tolstoy's life. The result is a unique portrait of a great writer in the variegation of his everyday existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As a picture of the turbulent Russian world which Tolstoy inhabited these diaries are incomparable - the raw stuff not yet processed into art.' Anthony Burgess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A model of scholarship, one of the most important books to be published in recent years.' A. N. Wilson, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41524850327649,"sku":"9780571324057","price":24.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27911381.jpg?v=1738190458","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571324057-tolstoys-diaries-volume-2","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}