In "Confession" Tolstoy poses the question: Is there any meaning in my life that will not be destroyed by my death? In 1879 the fifty-year-old author of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" came to believe that he had accomplished nothing in life. Either of these magnificant novels would have assured Tolstoy's permanent place in the annals of world literature, yet his achievement was not enough to give his life meaning. "Confession" is an account of this spiritual crisis, marking a shift of Tolstoy's central focus from the aesthetic to the religious and philisophical.

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〔俄〕列夫·托尔斯泰 лев толстого（1828.09-1910.11）

1828年出生于贵族家庭,童年不幸丧父丧母。

1844年考入喀山大学,后退学回乡,投身农奴制改革。

1851-1854年在高加索军队服役,发表处女座《童年》。

1855年11月进入彼得堡文学界,受到作家们的热情欢迎。

1863-1869年创作长篇小说《战争与和平》,问世以来,被公认为世界上最伟大的小说之一。

1873-1877年,经过12次修改,完成《安娜·卡列尼娜》,小说技艺炉火纯青。

1879年,因无法长期忍受理想与现实的背离,突发精神危机,撰文记录自己精神探索过程,取名《忏悔录》。从此远离贵族生活,衣食简朴,亲自从事体力劳动。

1889-1899年,完成长篇小说《复活》,深刻、全面、有力地批判俄国社会。

1910年,为寻求精神自由离家出走,后病逝于小车站,享年82岁。