Why You Should Read Leo Tolstoy in 2024

[@erikpaterson1404]

It gives me hope to see more young people / readers promoting not just reading but reading the classic stories like this. Good on ye mate. And thank you.

[@armenf8283]

I have read war and peace 2 years ago, now I might read it again. I have read a lot of fiction but it was Tolstoy war and peace that made me cry from my heart. Love the content, keep up this quality and raw talk👌🏽

[@ananas-007]

I have heard so many people say that Tolstoy is just a conservative old man who writes about family values and nothing else. It always pisses me off to hear that. He's got this ability to understand and convey human things, as you said! And the fist book that I ever read in russian was actually his "The death of Ilia Ilyich" which is short but amazing, so if you haven't read it yet check it out.

[@Sandra-lu3ri]

he was such a forward thinking person at his time in many ways though... deeply caring about the peasantry and so on, besides, you may just want to read him to find out what these values actually were. it is a mistake to assume that you have a correct idea of the mores of the past

[@Sandra-lu3ri]

Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are both psychologists I would say, to me their methods are pretty similar. what sets them apart and makes them seem so different is writing style... my opinion

[@Jon-ze2bw]

I might read Anna Karenina. I tend to like simpler works of literature. Not sure if Tolstoy has written one.

[@johnryskamp2943]

Next thing, read The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal. Tolstoy was a huge admirer. In fact, Stendhal was in the retreat from Moscow.

[@johnryskamp2943]

Think you know Tolstoy? Then answer this: What thought goes through Natasha's mind when Andrei dies? Who are descendants of Rurik in Anna Karenina?