Literary Biography Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy, the Russian novelist, viewed the novel not only as an entertainment source but an instrument for psychological teaching and reform. Through his views, we can get to know others, especially ones who seem unappealing from the outside appearance, thus increasing our humanitarian tolerance (“LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy”).
Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, south of Moscow in 1868. As a kid, his parents died and was raised up by relatives. He dropped out of the university; one tutor referred to him as being both unable and unwilling to study. He spent some years betting, getting drunk and going after gypsy females before enrolling as an artillery officer in the Crimean war (“LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy”).
He got married in his early thirties to Sophia, who came from a classy high cultured family and was only 18. They had thirteen kids, nine of whom endured infancy. It was a problematic wedding with huge quarrels about sex and unpleasantness on both sides. Leo nurtured a very long beard, became a fitness addict and spent most of his time in his study writing several hugely successful books, among them War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilych (“LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy”).
Tolstoy didn’t view art for the sake of art but sincerely believed that good art should make individuals less more realistic and judgemental, and just like religion, should promote kindness and morality. Tolstoy’s crusading moralistic trait has often been disregarded by contemporary critics who find it unimportant.

, even though it remains to be the most significant part of his contributions. Tolstoy’s first great novel was War and Peace published in 1961 (“LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy”).
Tolstoy believed that great writers should not just focus on helping their audience pass time, but their work should be therapy, educating readers towards emotional wellbeing. He died of pneumonia at an old age and buried in the garden he loved to play as a kid (“LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy”).
Works Cited
“LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy”. Youtube, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr6DYLBkyG0&t=366s. Accessed 27 Feb 2018.