Count Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was born in central Russia.
After serving in the Crimean War, he retired to his estate and
devoted himself to writing, farming, and raising his large family.
His novels and outspoken social polemics brought him world
fame.
Aylmer Maude (1858–1938) and Louise
Maude (1855–1939) were English translators
of Tolstoy's works, and Aylmer Maude also wrote his
friend Tolstoy's biography. After living many years in Russia the
Maudes spent the rest of their life in England translating
Tolstoy's writing and promoting public interest in his work.
“There remains the greatest of all novelists—for what else can we call the author of War and Peace?” —Virginia Woolf
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