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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment of the Arts: The Big Read: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Leo Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilyich, with historical information, author biographies, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics.
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University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: Leo Tolstoy: Childhood and Early Manhood

For Students 9th - 10th
The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia has provided the full text of Paul (Pavel) Birukoff's book entitled "Leo Tolstoy: Childhood and Early Manhood."
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Other

The Last Days of Leo Tolstoy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has much to offer the Tolstoy scholar. There is a diary entry written by a young woman the day after Tolstoy's death which reveals the emotions of the Russian people at the passing of this great man. There is the text of...
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Other

Ncas: A Comparison Between Tolstoy and Plato

For Students 9th - 10th
"Art, Science, and Transcendence: A Comparison Between Tolstoy and Plato" is the full text of a scholarly article written by Dr. T.J. Kuijl. For serious students of Tolstoy.
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Other

Roger Ebert: Review of Anna Karenina

For Students 9th - 10th
Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, reviews the 1997 film version of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel Anna Karenina. The movie starred Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean as Anna and Vronsky.
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Other

Wired for Books: Community Reconsidered

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the transcripts of a conversation among three Ohio University literature professors about The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy. The conversation took place on July 27, 1997 at the Ohio University...