Countess Sophia Andreyevna Tolstoya (nee Behrs) (1844-1919) was the wife of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. The mother of 13 children, eight of whom survived to adulthood, Countess Tolstoya also acted as copyist to her husband. The Diary documents family events, as well as her husband's literary life.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

This autobiography of Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy's wife contains much material with regard to Tolstoy which has not previously been available for English readers. The question of Tolstoy's "going away" and of his relations with his wife, Countess Sophie Tolstoy, and other members of his family, has roused the most passionate interest and controversy in Russia. This is partly due, no doubt, to the dramatic and psychological interest of the whole story, but is also due very largely to the fact that Tolstoy's actions were bound up with his teachings, and his numerous disciples and opponents were watching the struggle of the preacher to put his principles in practice in his own life. The importance of this book lies in the fact that in it for the first time Countess Sophie Andreevna Tolstoy herself states here own case in full. The reader should, however, remember that it is only one side of the case.