| A Confession Contributor(s): Tolstoy, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0141042559 ISBN-13: 9780141042558 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "At this time I began to write, from vanity, greed, and pride. In my writings I did exactly as in life. In order to possess the glory and the wealth for whose sake I wrote, it was necessary to conceal the good, and to display the bad. And so I did." Tolstoy's autobiographical essay" "is a dissection of his soul, a study of his life's movement away from the religious certainties of youth, and a vital piece of reading which contextualizes the great works he is best known for. Marking the point at which his life moved from the worldly to the spiritual, Tolstoy's philosophical reassessment of the Orthodox faith is a work that holds vital spiritual and intellectual importance to this very day. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Dewey: 230 |
| Series: Penguin Books: Great Ideas |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 4.51" W x 7.12" (0.17 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The legendary author's passionate and iconoclastic writings - on issues of faith, immortality, freedom, violence, and morality--reflect his intellectual search for truth and a religion firmly grounded in reality. However, despite his success with works like War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy, at age 51, looked back on his life and considered himself a failure. A Confession provides valuable insight into Tolstoy's thoughts and ideas as his later philosophical ideas began to evolve and change. |