Tolstoy (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): His Life and Writings

by Edward Garnett

Overview

The author of this 1914 installment in Constable's Modern Biographies series a felicitous choice, not only because of Garnett’s own literary sensibilities but because of the professional talents of his wife, Constance, the leading Russian translator of her day.  The result is an insightful, judicious appreciation of Tolstoy and his texts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411445819
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	122
File size:	136 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Edward Garnett (1867-1937) was an English writer, critic, and editor, as well as the husband of the famous Russian translator Constance Garnett and the father of the novelist David Garnett.  A discerning literary tastemaker, he helped further the careers of Joseph Conrad, Ford Maddox Ford, D. H. Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, John Galsworthy, and Stephen Crane, among others.