Leo Tolstoy

Russian novelist, 1828–1910. Explained quotes.

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About Leo Tolstoy

Count Leo Tolstoy wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina, often counted among the greatest novels ever written. In later life he turned to a radical Christian pacifism, and his writing on non-violence influenced Gandhi and, through him, Martin Luther King Jr.

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“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Anna Karenina, opening line (Garnett translation), 1878