Tolstoy and Tolstaya : A Portrait of a Life in Letters

Liudmila Gladkova, Arkadi Klioutchanski, John Woodsworth

Description

Both Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828–1910) and his wife Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya (1844–1919) were prolific letterwriters.

Lev Nikolaevich wrote approximately 10,000 letters over his lifetime — 840 of these addressed to his wife. Letters written by (or to) Sofia Andreevna over her lifetime also numbered in the thousands. When Tolstaya published Lev Nikolaevich’s letters to her, she declined to include any of her 644 letters to her husband. The absence of half their correspondence obscured the underlying significance of many of his comments to her and occasionally led the reader to wrong conclusions.

The current volume, in presenting a constantly unfolding dialogue between the Tolstoy-Tolstaya couple — mostly for the first time in English translation — offers unique insights into the minds of two fascinating individuals over the 48-year period of their conjugal life. Not only do we ’peer into the souls’ of these deep-thinking correspondents by penetrating their immediate and extended family life — full of joy and sadness, bliss and tragedy but we also observe, as in a generation-spanning chronicle, a variety of scenes of Russian society, from rural peasants to lords and ladies. 

This hard-cover, illustrated critical edition includes a foreword by Vladimir Il’ich Tolstoy (Lev Tolstoy’s great-great-grandson), introduction, maps, genealogy, as well as eleven additional letters by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya published here for the very first time in either Russian or English translation. It is a beautiful complement to My Life, a collection of Sofia Tolstaya’s memoirs published in English in 2010 at the University of Ottawa Press.

Sujets

• Historical
• Lettres et linguistique
• Biography
• Autobiography

Informations

• Publié par: Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa
• Date de parution: 23 mai 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 3
• EAN13: 9780776624723
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 12 Mo

Extrait

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ôŝô 1854 à ŚôIà 1866 ôô: Çé

ŚôIà Āééà ôŝàà à é ôàéç ôŝô

TOLSTOY AND TOLSTAYA

a portrait of a life in letters

àŝàé ô é ûŝŝà  Jô Wôôŝô, Āà Kôûçàŝ & ûà àôà

 à ôéô  à ôŝô

Éé à  à ôûçô  ĀÈ Dôŝô

university of ottawa press 2017

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e University of Ottawa Press gratefully acknowledges the support extended to its publishing list by Heritage Canada through the Canada Book Fund, by the Canada Council for the Arts, by the Ontario Arts Council, by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences through its Aid to Scholarly Publications Program, and by the University of Ottawa.

Proofreading: Michael Waldin Layout: Sandra Friesen Design Cover illustration: Lev Nikolaevich and Soa Andreevna on their th wedding anniversary,  September . Photo by S.A. Tolstaya,  Cover design: Martyn Schmoll

      

Tolstoy & Tolstaya : a portrait of a life in letters / translated from the Russian by John Woodsworth, Arkadi Klioutchanski & Liudmila Gladkova ; edited and with an introduction by Andrew Donskov.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Issued in print and electronic formats.  ---- (hardcover).— ---- ().— ---- ().— ---- (Kindle)

. Tolstoy, Leo, graf, -—Correspondence. . Tolsta´i`,S. A. (Sof´´i`Andreevna), -— Correspondence. . Authors,Russian—th century—Correspondence. . Authors’ spouses— Russian—Correspondence. . Donskov, Andrew, -, editor . Woodsworth, John, -, translator . Klioutchanski, Arkadi, -, translator . Gladkova, Liudmila, -, translator. Title: Tolstoy and Tolstaya.

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii

MAPOFEUROPEANRUSSïA(EARLYtwentiethCENTURY) ANDLïSTOFRUSSïANGEOGRAPHïCALNAMES ix

SELECTEDGENEALOGY xvi

FOREWORDBYVLADïMïRïL’ïCHTOLSTOY xxi

FROMTHEEDïTOR xxiii

FROMTHETRANSLATORS xxxi

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF LETTERS 1862–1910

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EDïTOR’SïNTRODUCTïON ÈôàÈçôŝô&ŚôàĀÈÈàôŝàà: ĀàôûÈÈÈÈôÈÈÈÈÈŝŝ xxxiii

LEVNïKOLAEVïCHTOLSTOY&SOFïAANDREEVNA TOLSTAYACORRESPONDENCE

PARTi ôûçôôàI LETTERS1862–1879 3

PARTii ôûçôôàII LETTERS1880–1888 83

PARTiii ôûçôôàiii LETTERS1889–1910 199

partiv ôûçôôàIV ELEVENUNPUBLïSHEDLETTERS(1864–1905) 313

BïBLïOGRAPHY 341

SELECTEDCHRONOLOGY 349

LïSTOFPERïODïCALTïTLES ÈÉŝÈûàÈŝ 397

ïNDEXOFWORKS  È ôàÈç ôŝô à Śôîà ĀÈÈà ôŝàà 401

ïNDEXOFNAMES 407

acknowledgements

é éŝé ôûé — àŝ à ô  àé û-ôé ôéç ô ûŝ é éé çô- éŝôéçé ééé é ôàéç ôŝô à ŚôIà Āééà ôŝàà  ŝ ôà ûŝŝà — àŝ ûô é ŝûô ô à ûé ô ûàŝ à ŝçôà ŝûôŝ  ô Çààà à ûŝŝà.  Iŝ é ô àûé ŝ ô é ôŝô ûŝéû  ôŝçô, ŝ éçô, Śéé Āé- ŝàôç Āàéô à éû éçô ààà àà, ô à ûŝ é éçûŝé ŝ ô àŝàô à ûçàô  Éŝ ô éŝé ôŝ éçôûŝ àéàŝ à ûŝà- ôŝ à é éû çôŝûàôŝ ôûôû.  à àŝô éé ô . àà Śçéàôà, éà ô é ûŝŝà Çàŝŝçà ŝô ô é ûŝŝà Āçàé ô Śçéçéŝ’ ŝûé ô ô éàûé, ô é ôô ŝûô à àçé. àŝ éŝéçà ô ûà àôà, Śéô éŝéàçé à à éû éçô ô é ôŝô ûŝéû, ô ô éô à ô-éôé ŝéçàŝ ô é ô ô ôô àôç ûçé.  àŝ  éà éàŝûé ô ô  é é çôŝé ô é àôàôŝ, ç àé éé éàçé é éàéŝ’ ôéé ô é çôé ô éŝé ééŝ, à é à- çàô  é àŝàô ôçéŝŝ àŝ éé àûàé.  ô éŝŝ éûŝàŝ  à ôû ôô é à ’ç ôŝô, éçô ô é àŝàà ôàà ôŝô ûŝéû Éŝàé à éà-éà-àŝô ô ŚôIà Āééà à é ôàéç — àô  é ûŝéû Éŝàé’ŝ éà ô éŝéàç, . àà Āéŝééà — ô é éûé àçé à àŝŝŝàçé  àçà àççéŝŝ ô àé ôçûéà àéàŝ. é àé àŝô àéçàé ô à ’ç’ŝ çôŝé ô ôé à ôéô ô ŝ ôûé. Ô é Çààà ŝé ô é Āàç,  ŝôû é ô ééŝŝ  éàé àûé ô é  àççôŝé ô ô ô ôôŝô à Āà ôûçàŝ, ô ééŝ ô ôû Śàç éŝéàç ôû éé à é Ûéŝ ô Ôàà à àûéàéŝ ô é 2012 ôŝ ô Āà éŝéé  é ôé àûàé Āŝŝôçàô ô Āéçà ô é éŝ àŝàô ô à

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acknowledgements

ô ô Éŝ ( ŝ çàŝé, ŚôIà ôŝàà’ŝ È, ûŝé  2010  é Ûéŝ ô Ôàà éŝŝ). ô ôôŝô, à éé ô é éà àŝàôŝ’ Āŝŝôçàô ô Çà- àà, ô ô ŝ é éŝééé ô ŝ àŝàô ô ôé à éà ôŝé ô ûŝŝà (çû à é’ŝ ôûà 9-ôûé CÈàŝ ŚÈÈŝ), û àŝ àŝô ûŝé ŝ ô ûŝŝà-àûàé ôé, é Āà ôûçàŝ, à àé ŝéàé ô ûŝŝà, àŝ ôûçé ŝôé éçéé ŝçôà ô ô ôŝô à ŝ çûé çôé à àûŝç ô ôŝôéŝ’ŝhÈ ôŝŝÈŝŝÈ[BÈŝ]. ŝ àçàô  é ô ô é ôŝô Çôôô ŝ ûç àéçàé. Ā ûé ôé ô àŝ ŝ àŝô ûé  çààé àŝŝŝà Āà ôôà ô é é ô  éŝéàç à  ô ô é é, à  é àôé àŝ à àçé àûŝ ô é ô- ŝô ûŝéû  ôŝçô,  çôŝûàô  ôàé ôŝô ŝéçàŝŝ.  à ôé, ôô, ô Śéàà Āŝàçà à ààà Çàé ô àôà ô ô é é à àûŝç éààô.  àô,  ééŝŝ  ŝçéé àûé ô é ŝé çôûŝé à çôû ŝûô ô . ôé àô, çé-éçô Āçàéç Ééûŝ à éŝé ô é Ûéŝ ô Ôà- à éŝŝ. ô àà àé, éçô ô é Ûéŝ ô Ôàà éŝŝ, àô  é ôŝ çààé éà ôé ôàŝ, Éàé Śçàé, é àç à Śôà éàû, ôû àéçàô ô é éûŝàŝç àŝŝŝàçé é àé ôé  ôéŝéé à é àŝéŝ ô ŝ çàé ûéà. àûà,  à ô ô ŝ ŝçôé, àà é éçàé ààçé ô Ié ô é ôà à ôô Éŝ ŝé ŝ à çôŝéàé àŝ.  éà àçôéé, ôéé, à é ûàé éŝôŝ ô é Ià ôûç éŝŝ ô  ŝôûéŝ àôé. ŝ ôéç àŝ éé àé ôŝŝé  é ôà à Iàçà ŝûô ô é Śôçà Śç- éçéŝ à ûàéŝ éŝéàç Çôûç ô Çààà (SSHRC). à,  à  é à çôéàûé . ûàà ûñô-çéàŝ, çé-éà ô éŝéàç, àçû ô Āŝ ô é Ûéŝ ô Ôàà, ô é éçôûàéé ô é ôé ôéç.

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Āé ôŝô, . . Ś. Ç. ŝûŝé Ûéŝ ôéŝŝô Ûéŝ ô Ôàà

baltic states

st. petersburg

kiev

tver’

moscow

tula & yasnaya polyana

orël gubernia

crimea & yalta

nizhnij novgorod

caucasus

batoum

à ô Éûôéà ûŝŝà (éà éé çéû)

ix

kazan’

samara gubernia