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A Confession – Leo Tolstoy
A powerful autobiographical work documenting a spiritual crisis and the search for meaning in life, written with raw honesty and philosophical depth.
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Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
A sweeping masterpiece of world literature exploring love, family, and society through the tragic story of Anna’s passionate affair and its devastating consequences.
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Father Sergius – Leo Tolstoy
A powerful novella about a proud aristocrat who becomes a monk, exploring the tensions between spiritual aspiration and human weakness with devastating psychological insight.
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Hadji Murad – Leo Tolstoy
A powerful novella set during the Caucasian War, telling the story of a legendary Chechen warrior caught between Russian imperial forces and his own people.
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Resurrection – Leo Tolstoy
A profound novel following a nobleman’s moral awakening after encountering a woman he once wronged, now convicted of a crime, exploring justice, redemption, and social inequality.
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You – Leo Tolstoy
A revolutionary work of Christian anarchist philosophy arguing for nonviolent resistance to evil, profoundly influencing Gandhi and the civil rights movement.
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The Power of Darkness – Leo Tolstoy
A stark and unflinching play depicting the moral degradation of a peasant family, exploring how greed and lust lead to horrifying consequences.
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War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
The supreme achievement of the novel form, sweeping across Russian society during the Napoleonic Wars to explore the deepest questions of history, free will, and human destiny.
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What Is Art – Leo Tolstoy
A provocative philosophical treatise challenging conventional aesthetics and arguing that true art must communicate sincere feeling and unite humanity in shared experience.