Tolstoy's Confessions

Author: Tolstoy(
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Tolstoy, a great writer, reformer, an influential moral thinker. He was an individualistic nobleman, but in his later years, he unsuccessfully tried to live a life of poor peasants; he initially indulged in sensual pleasures but finally became a strict Puritan. He is "an ordinary man." He is our brother with whom we are closely connected, sharing the common characteristics of this world, but he has more self-awareness, more humanity, more rigorous thinking, clearer vision, and more passionate emotions than us. This genius moralist digs into his soul with cruel fervor and merciless severity. He spent his whole life striving to achieve self-improvement through self-portrayal, never stopping, never rising, never allowing art to become mere form.