{"product_id":"9780571324040","title":"Tolstoy's Diaries Volume 1: 1847-1894","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An important and long-overdue contribution to our knowledge of Tolstoy.' D. M. Thomas, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 of Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eDiaries\u003c\/i\u003e covers the years 1847-1894 and was meticulously edited by R.F. Christian so as to reflect Tolstoy's preoccupations as a writer (his views on his own work and that of others), his development as a person and as a thinker, and his attitudes to contemporary social problems, rural life, industrialisation, education, and later, to religious and spiritual questions.\u003cbr\u003eChristian introduces each period with a brief and informative summary of the main biographical details of Tolstoy's life. The result is a unique portrait of a great writer in the variegation of his everyday existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'As a picture of the turbulent Russian world which Tolstoy inhabited these diaries are incomparable - the raw stuff not yet processed into art.' Anthony Burgess\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A model of scholarship, one of the most important books to be published in recent years.' A. N. Wilson, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163404058864,"sku":"9780571324040","price":21.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571324040_p0.jpg?v=1763719137","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571324040","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}