Sophia Tolstoy

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"As Leo Tolstoy's wife, Sophia Tolstoy experienced both glory and condemnation during their forty-eight-year marriage. She was admired as the muse and literary assistant to one of the world's most celebrated novelists. But when in later years Tolstoy became a towering public figure and founded a new brand of religion, she was scorned for her disagreements with him. And it is this version of Sophia--malicious, shrill, perennially at war with Tolstoy--that has gone down in the historical record. Drawing on newly available archival material, including Sophia's unpublished memoir, Alexandra Popoff presents a dramatically different and accurate portrait of the woman and the marriage. This lively, well-researched biography demonstrates that, contrary to popular belief, Sophia was remarkably supportive of Tolstoy and was, in fact, key to his fame"--Page 2 of cover.

subjects: Biography,  Wives,  Authors' spouses,  Marriage,  Women,  Women, biography,  Women, russia (federation),  Tolstoy, leo, graf, 1828-1910,  New York Times reviewed,  Tolstaia, s. a. (sofia andreevna), 1844-1919

People: S. A. Tolstai︠a︡ (1844-1919),  Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910)

Places: Russia