Count Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 on the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula province. He took part in the Crimean war and after the defence of Sevastopol wrote The Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6), which established his literary reputation. He is the author, among many other works, of War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) and A Confession (1879–82).

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• How Much Land Does a Man Need?Introduction by A. N. WilsonThe WoodfellingTwo HussarsHow Much Land Does a Man Need?Where Love Is, God IsWhat Men Live ByNeglect a Spark and the House Burns DownThe Two Old MenThe RaidA Prisoner of the Caucasus

Count Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 on the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula province. He took part in the Crimean war and after the defence of Sevastopol wrote The Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6), which established his literary reputation. He is the author, among many other works, of War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) and A Confession (1879–82).

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• How Much Land Does a Man Need?Introduction by A. N. WilsonThe WoodfellingTwo HussarsHow Much Land Does a Man Need?Where Love Is, God IsWhat Men Live ByNeglect a Spark and the House Burns DownThe Two Old MenThe RaidA Prisoner of the Caucasus

Count Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 on the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula province. He took part in the Crimean war and after the defence of Sevastopol wrote The Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6), which established his literary reputation. He is the author, among many other works, of War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) and A Confession (1879–82).

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• How Much Land Does a Man Need?Introduction by A. N. WilsonThe WoodfellingTwo HussarsHow Much Land Does a Man Need?Where Love Is, God IsWhat Men Live ByNeglect a Spark and the House Burns DownThe Two Old MenThe RaidA Prisoner of the Caucasus