Christ's Christianity (LARGE PRINT EDITION) - Tolstoy, Leo
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(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1885. Translated from the Russian. Tolstoy is considered one of the greatest of all novelists. His collected works number 90 and critics regard War and Peace and Anna Karenina as his two masterpieces. Following the publication of Anna Karenina Tolstoy's life had undergone a complete change. He entirely devoted himself to Christ's teaching. He studied it searchingly and indefatigably, the literary result being four works, which are contained in this volume including: An account of that development of his life and thoughts which ended in the conviction that the truth of…mehr

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(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1885. Translated from the Russian. Tolstoy is considered one of the greatest of all novelists. His collected works number 90 and critics regard War and Peace and Anna Karenina as his two masterpieces. Following the publication of Anna Karenina Tolstoy's life had undergone a complete change. He entirely devoted himself to Christ's teaching. He studied it searchingly and indefatigably, the literary result being four works, which are contained in this volume including: An account of that development of his life and thoughts which ended in the conviction that the truth of life is contained in the teaching of Christ; An investigation into the interpretation of this teaching according to the Orthodox Greek Church and according to the Church in general; An independent study of the Gospel, and a summary of the author's way of understanding it; and An exposition of the true meaning of Christ's message, the reasons of its distortion, and what will be the results of its real promulgation. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
Autorenporträt
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 - 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909.Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, Tolstoy's notable works include the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878),[often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction, and two of the greatest books of all time.[2][3] He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852-1856), and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. His fiction includes dozens of short stories such as "After the Ball" (1911), and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Family Happiness (1859) and Hadji Murad (1912). He also wrote plays and essays concerning philosophical, moral and religious themes.