TY - BOOK AU - Nickell,William S. TI - The Death of Tolstoy: Russia on the Eve, Astapovo Station 1910 SN - 9780801462559 AV - PG3395 U1 - 891.73/3 PY - 2010/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Tolstoy, Leo, -- graf, -- 1828-1910 -- Death and burial KW - Tolstoy, Leo, -- graf, -- 1828-1910 -- Appreciation -- Russia KW - Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917 KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Family Crisis as a Public Event -- 2. Narrative Transfigurations of Tolstoy's Final Journey -- 3. The Media at Astapovo and the Creation of a Modern Pastoral -- 4. Tolstoyan Violence upon the Funeral Rites of the State -- 5. On or About November 1910 -- Conclusion: The Posthumous Notes of Fyodor Kuzmich -- A Word on My Sources -- Notes -- Index N2 - In the middle of the night of October 28, 1910, Leo Tolstoy, the most famous man in Russia, vanished. A secular saint revered for his literary genius, pacificism, and dedication to the earth and the poor, Tolstoy had left his home in secret to embark UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138116 ER -