Tolstoy
or Tol·stoi
Leo or Lev Ni·ko·la·e·vich [lev nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich; Russian lyefnyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich], /lɛv ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ əˌvɪtʃ; Russian ˈlyɛf nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/, Count, 1828–1910, Russian novelist and social critic.
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- Tol·stoy·an, Tol·stoi·an, adjective, noun
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How to use Tolstoy in a sentence
Like Flaubert, Tolstoy and Stendhal greatly admired Walter Scott.
The great Mann disappointed her; instead of Kafka and Tolstoy, he wanted to know what she thought of Hemingway.
She saw herself as part of a larger tradition that includes Honore de Balzac, Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Thomas Mann.
If Dostoevsky unintentionally laid the philosophical groundwork upon which Putin now stands, then Tolstoy offers the solution.
But genuine strength, as Tolstoy understood so well, comes from humility, not hubris.
May I suggest that you should be careful not to imply that Tolstoy's great Shakespearian heresy has no other support than mine.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare | Leo TolstoyThe translation has been authorized by Count Tolstoy, who has specially commended it for its accuracy, simplicity, and directness.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare | Leo TolstoyYou should also look up the history of the Ireland forgeries, unless, as is very probable, Tolstoy has anticipated you in this.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare | Leo TolstoyThe subjects are varied, and present Tolstoy's well-known views in his always forceful manner.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare | Leo TolstoyA truer and completer picture of war than either Tolstoy or Zola.
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British Dictionary definitions for Tolstoy
/ (ˈtɒlstɔɪ, Russian talˈstɔj) /
Leo, Russian name Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy. 1828–1910, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and philosopher; author of the two monumental novels War and Peace (1865–69) and Anna Karenina (1875–77). Following a spiritual crisis in 1879, he adopted a form of Christianity based on a doctrine of nonresistance to evil
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