A Calendar of Wisdom
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A Calendar of Wisdom
By (Author) Leo Tolstoy
Translated by Roger Cockrell
Alma Books Ltd
Alma Classics
15th October 2015
15th October 2015
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social and political philosophy
087.1
Physical Properties
Paperback
432
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
380g
Description
Over the last fifteen years of his life, Tolstoy collected and published the maxims of some of the worlds greatest masters of philosophy, religion and literature, adding his own contributions to various questions that preoccupied him in old age, such as faith and existence, as well as matters of everyday life. Banned in Russia under Communism, A Calendar of Wisdom was Tolstoys last major work, and one of his most popular both during and after his lifetime. This new translation by Roger Cockrell will offer todays generation of readers the chance to discover, day by day, these edifying and carefully selected pearls of wisdom.
Reviews
Someone who can see so much and so fully does not need to invent anything; someone who observes so poetically does not need to compose anything. For Tolstoy beauty and truth are one and the same thing. -- Stefan Zweig
Author Bio
Leo Tolstoy (18281910) is regarded by some as the greatest novelist of all time. With such masterpieces as Anna Karenina and War and Peace, he influenced generations of writers and changed the course of world literature.
