Tolstoy: The Comprehensive Vision

Tolstoy was as much a philosopher as a novelist. From the entries in his early diaries through to the great novels he was constantly searching for a comprehensive vision, equal to 'the confusion of life'. This volume, published first in 1975, assesses Tolstoy's character-portraits in the light of his engagement with the question of the nature of happiness and his views on society and education, psychology and religion.