World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "Boyhood"
This site provides the complete etext for Leo Tolstoy's "Boyhood."
Other
Roger Ebert: Review of Anna Karenina
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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Wired for Books: Community Reconsidered
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...
PBS
Pbs: Teaching Anna Karenina
An excellent and in-depth site for teachers of Tolstoy's masterpiece. Includes information about the film version, plot summaries, discussion questions, journals, and classroom activities. Great site!
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment of the Arts: The Big Read: The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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.
Planet eBooks
Planet E Book: War and Peace [Pdf]
The complete text of "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy is available here in PDF format. War and Peace, which was first released in 1865, is 2,299 pages pages long.
Planet eBooks
Planet E Book: Anna Karenina [Pdf]
The complete text of "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy is available here in PDF format. Anna Karenina, which was first released in 1865, is 1,423 pages pages long.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read Tolstoy's "War and Peace"?
Brendan Pelsue shares everything you need to know to read the classic book, War and Peace.
Curated OER
The Last Days of Leo Tolstoy
Full text of a biographical account by Vladimir Chertkov, Tolstoy's friend and assistant. Includes an index and and bibliography of Tolstoy's work.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Three Questions
A learning module that begins with the short story "The Three Questions" by Leo Tolstoy, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Two Brothers
A learning module that begins with "The Two Brothers" by Leo Tolstoy, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Death of Ivan Ilych
This novella or short story was first published in 1886 and is considered one of Tolstoy's best works. Read about the important themes and characters in this informative site.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Anna Karenina
This site gives a fascinating glimpse into the writer and the development of his characters in Anna Karenina. Read about the important themes and significant quotations to be found in this novel.
Drama Circle
Drama Circle: A Brief History of Russian Drama (Before 1900)
This summary of Russian plays and playwrights begins with the 18th century comic playwright, Denis Ivanov Fonvizin and continues through Anton Chekov, with two or three sentence summaries about ten writers and their works.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: War and Peace
A summary as well as an analysis of themes and characters. Helpful quizzes are also included.
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