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by Jane Kentish (Foreword, Translator), Leo Tolstoy (Author) "I was baptized and brought up in the Orthodox Christian faith ..." (more)
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Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession (1879) is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. By the time he was fifty, Tolstoy had already written the novels that would assure him of literary immortality; he had a wife, a large estate and numerous children; he was a happy man' and in good health - yet life had lost its meaning. In this poignant confessional fragment, he records a period of his life when he began to turn away from fiction and aesthetics, and to search instead for a practical religion not promising future bliss, but giving bliss on earth'.

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Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born in 1828 and educated privately. He studied Oriental languages and Law at the University of Kazan, then led a life of pleasure until he joined an artillery regiment in the Caucasus in 1851. He served during the Crimean War and after the defence of Sebastopol wrote The Sebastopol Sketches, which established his reputation. He continued to write while developing educational projects, writing War and Peace and Anna Karenina between 1865 and 1876. A Confession marked an outward change in his life and works: he became an extreme rationalist and moralist, and his theories led to his excommunication from the Russian Holy Synod in 1901. He died in 1910. Jane Kentish is a lecturer in Byzantine and early Russian History and Art at the University of Sussex.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, Mar 23 2004
Like always, Tolstoy is far wiser about existence than most other philosophers or scholars. This book is brilliant and inspiring. So his Christianity is not perfectly in line with yours? Well many people praise Jesus, they don't really live as he did. How dare Tolstoy be thoroughly honest about that! I myself am struggling to be more Christ-like, and its very hard. How dare some people claim that Tolstoy was not a true Christian. He struggled mightly his whole life to truly embrace his Christian upbringing. So what if he isn't a mindless automotone who blindly defends official doctrines. This Book helped me finally reclaim my faith in Catholicism. for other deep, meaningful works of the same caliber, I suggest War and Peace, Brothers Karamazov, or The Betrothed By Alessandro Manzoni.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Search Unfulfilled, Jan 19 2004
By OrthodoxMama (Germantown, MD USA) - See all my reviews
This book includes some of Tolstoy's essays written during his time of deep internal spiritual struggle. Upon his renunciation of a life of aristocratic wealth and worldly pleasure, Tolstoy longed for the sense of true peace that he saw in the peasant class. Thus he embarked upon a search for meaning and happiness through a life of simple faith, manual labor, and poverty. He formulated his own Christian philosophy based on Christ's Sermon on the Mount stressing the existence of the Kingdom of God within the human heart, civil disobedience, and total pacifism. This "law of love" is explored deeply in confessional form throughout the works in this collection. Although this particular approach to living the life in Christ ultimately did not cultivate in Tolstoy the deep inner peace that he yearned for, I feel that many of his ideas can be beneficial to people both within the Church as well as not. Regardless of the validity of his doctrine, it cannot be denied that this is an authentic, genuine, and very human confession of a man searching for God and the meaning of life on earth. Although I personally disagree with many of Tolstoy's points, I still hold his Confession to be a universal work that deserves a fair exploration by all who have ever felt a similar need for inner peace and true reconciliation with God.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Leo's crisis of faith..., Feb 7 2002
By Andy Williamson (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This is a very interesting book. Penned by one of the greatest writers in history, "A Confession..." by Leo Tolstoy provided me with great insight into his life, work, and relationships. I read this for a religion class in college and ended up keeping it. It is rather short and easy to read. Of interest to those who are seeking truth and those who have found it. It is fascinating to follow him thru his early religious experience, falling away from the church, and coming back to a unique faith in the end. Recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I had hoped
Tolstoy was a tremondous writer and intense human being. I approached this work expecting a great deal, and while it was certainly very much worth the effort, it was not as good... Read more
Published on Mar 11 2001 by Kenneth E. Wagner Jr.

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