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Tolstoy Resources


The full text of the novel online
in English | Russian | Spanish

 

The Death of Ivan Ilyich
  — NEA Big Read site
  — University of Illinois Slavic Library Guide to Online Resources
  — Michael Denner's blog
  — The Tolstoy Studies Journal
  — The State Memorial and Natural Preserve Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana" in Russia
  — Unlocking Russian Literature One-On-One: A Tolstoy Tête-a-Tête by Drake Baer in The Buzz

 

Books by Tolstoy

Books about Tolstoy
  — The Last Days of Leo Tolstoy by Vladimir Chertkov (Tolstoy’s associate)
(Moscow, 1911) First Complete English Translation by Benjamin Sher
  — Tolstoy and Faith
  — Photo Album of Tolstoy and Chertkov

An interesting recent publication: Leah Bendavid-Val, author of Song Without Words: The Photographs and Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy

(And some news articles on the book):
  — "Love and Hate: A Tolstoy Family Tale" from NPR
  — "What Mrs. Tolstoy Saw" from The Moscow Times

 

Books about Russia

History
  — Detailed history of Russia in the time of Tolstoy
  — Chronology of Russian history

Images of St. Petersburg
  — Palace of the Great Prince Michail Alexandrovich located on Angliyskaya naberezhnaya (river-front) of the Neva River in St. Petersburg
  — Yusupov Palace interiors

 

Other resources
  — Dying and Living
  — Care in Dying
  — Film and Television Resources

 

Death and the Meaning of Life Film Festival
(Virginia Theatre, Wed., April 9, 3 and 7 pm)
  —  Ikiru
  —  Philadelphia
  — Why Me