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Tolstoy, Leo

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  1. A nineteenth-century Russian author, thought to be among the greatest novelists, whose books paint a vivid portrait of Russian life and history. His best-known works are War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

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Tolstoy, Leo, War and Peace, 2, 37, 40, 48; and P. Bourget, 37, 38; Anna Karenina, 41, 48; and H. G. Wells, 316; mentioned, 44, 45, 51, 52, 63.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

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