This is a critical introduction to the novels and short stories of
Tolstoy, treating them in their own right as works of literature,
not as biographical evidence or contributions to a philosophical
system. The heart of the book, inevitably, is in the two long
chapters which examine War and Peace and Anna Karenina in detail,
but most of Tolstoy's other fiction is also discussed and there is
a chapter on his drama and his aesthetic theories. Professor
Christian is concerned to show what is characteristic about
Tolstoy's fiction: what kind of effects he is trying to convey and
how his art secures those effects. No Russian is needed, but in his
frequent quotations in English Professor Christian touches on the
problems of translations so that the reader of English is given
some hint of the texture and uniqueness of the original Russian,
often smoother out in translation. Professor Christian shows the
link between the subtlety of the technique and the greatness of the
mind and heart behind it. The general reader will welcome this
human concern; the student will be equally grateful for a
straightforward, systematic, concise overall study.
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