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Tolstoy's false disciple: the untold story of Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Chertkov
| العنوان: | Tolstoy's false disciple: the untold story of Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Chertkov |
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| المؤلفون: | Popoff, Alexandra, author. |
| بيانات النشر: | New York, NY ; London : Pegasus Books, 2014. First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| وصف مادي: | xxi, 309 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Police patrol -- Russia -- Surveillance operations -- History -- 19th century., Friendship., Police patrol -- Surveillance operations., History., Records and correspondence. |
| Subject Person: | Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Friends and associates., Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Correspondence., Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorʹevich), 1854-1936 -- Friends and associates., Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorʹevich), 1854-1936 -- Correspondence., Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorʹevich), 1854-1936., Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | Russia. |
| Time: | 1800 - 1899 |
| الوصف: | On the snowy morning of February 8, 1897, the Petersburg secret police were following Tolstoy's every move. At sixty-nine, Russia's most celebrated writer was being treated like a major criminal. Prominent Russians were always watched, but Tolstoy earned particular scrutiny. Over a decade earlier, when his advocacy on behalf of oppressed minorities angered the Orthodox Church and the Tsar, he was placed under permanent police surveillance. Although Tolstoy was wearing his peasant garb, people on the streets had no trouble recognizing him from his portraits. He was often seen in the company of his chief disciple, Vladimir Chertkov. A man of striking appearance, twenty-five years younger, Chertkov commanded attention. His photographs with Tolstoy show him towering over the writer. Close to the Tsars and to the chief of the secret police, Chertkov represented the very things Tolstoy had renounced--class privilege, unlimited power, and wealth. Yet, Chertkov fascinated and attracted Tolstoy. He became the writer's closest confidant, even reading his daily diary, and by the end of Tolstoy's life, had established complete control over the writer and his legacy. Tolstoy's full exchange with Chertkov comprises more than 2,000 letters, making him the writer's largest correspondent. The Russian archives have suppressed much of this communication as well as Chertkov's papers for more than a century. The product of ground-breaking archival research, Tolstoy's False Disciple promises to be a revelatory portrait of the two men and their three-decade-long clandestine relationship. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Born to privilege -- Unlikely friends -- A laborer for God -- Happy and unhappy families -- Evil genius -- Tolstoy under surveillance -- The Tsar of the Tolstoyans -- "A graven image" -- Beyond the grave -- The greatest literary scandal -- Chertkov vs. Tolstoy's youngest daughter -- Working for the Soviets. |
| Original Identifier: | (PromptCat)99961699609 ocn870098505 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-1-60598-640-1 1-60598-640-2 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.014237552.7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9781605986401 1605986402 |
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