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The Great Russian Author, Tolstoy Takes a Chinese Philosopher as His Mentor

Everyone in the literary and nonacademic world is familiar with Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), usually referred to as Leo Tolstoy. He is affectionately known throughout the world simply as Tolstoy. The Russian author Tolstoy is considered one of the world’s greatest novelists. Gorky, another Russian writer, once said: “It is impossible to know Russia without ...

Michael Segarty

Leo Tolstoy.