The story
A vast social and military world became a test of what fiction can hold.
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian epic fiction · Yasnaya Polyana, Russia
Why Leo Tolstoy matters
Tolstoy proved scale can work when intimate life stays alive inside it.
Featured work
War and Peace
A benchmark for literary ambition.
Major works
Anna Karenina
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
