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The Pathway of Life
Leo Tolstoy · 1919
A 1919 English edition of Tolstoy's own collected reflections and teachings on how to live.
A collection of Tolstoy's own sayings and writings on how to live, published after his death.
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What it is
This is a published collection of Tolstoy's writings, sayings and reflections on moral living, translated into English by Archibald J. Wolfe and published in New York in 1919.
Why it matters
The book gathers Tolstoy's thinking on how people should live, drawn together near the end of his life and published after his death. It shows how his ideas about ethics and spirituality were spread to English-speaking readers after his lifetime.
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