Posted by rayww on March 10, 2003, at 16:55:53
In reply to Re: Hiya Rayww » rayww, posted by Dena on March 8, 2003, at 22:10:14
In the book "If You want to write" the author mentions her favorite Russian writers. I have spent the whole afternoon reading about Leo Tolstoy, (who wrote War and Peace) thinking it was Tolstoi. Now I'm wondering, who was Tolstoi with an "i"?
Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the biography of Leo Tolstoy with a "y". And now, after looking it up in the Merriam Webster Encyclopedia of Literature I find there are two Tolstoy's, plus, Tolstoi and Tolstoy are the same, so maybe I was reading about the right one after all.
He addresses questions on Christianity and faith that have plagued the minds of inquiring men through the ages. His conclusions are most interesting. How did it affect me? As with most of my posts, I delete 3/4 of them before I submit, so as not to offend anyone's belief. But, my gratitude for the belief and understanding I have has increased because of what this good man had to struggle with in his search for definitions of right and wrong.
http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/tolstoy/conf1.html
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