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Tolstoy Fled In The Middle Of The Night 100 Years Ago Today

Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, on October 28, exactly 100 years ago, Leo Tolstoy disappeared in the middle of the night. He was found two days later in a monastery; his flig...

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Tolstoy's Stories

Richard Pevear | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Pevear

Tolstoy has been better served by translators than other Russian writers, but there is still the challenge of coming closer to the original, of catching more of its specific stylistic qualities than previous translations have done.

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