Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910) was a Russian novelist, social reformer, pacifist, Christian anarchist, and moral thinker. Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. In their scope, breadth, insight into human motives, and realistic depiction of Russian life, these two books stand at the s...