{"product_id":"a-confession-leo-n-tolstoi","title":"A Confession (Leo N. Tolstoi)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, \u003ci\u003eA Confession\u003c\/i\u003e is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty.  It describes his search for 'a practical religion not promising future bliss but giving bliss on earth'.  Although the \u003ci\u003eConfession\u003c\/i\u003e led to his excommunication, it also resulted in a large following of Tolstoyan Christians springing up throughout Russia and Europe.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eCount Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born in 1828 and educated privately. He studied Oriental languages and Law at the University of Kazan, then led a life of pleasure until he joined an artillery regiment in the Caucasus in 1851. He served during the Crimean War and after the defence of Sebastopol wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Sebastopol Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e, which established his reputation. He continued to write while developing educational projects, writing \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e between 1865 and 1876. \u003ci\u003eA Confession\u003c\/i\u003e marked an outward change in his life and works: he became an extreme rationalist and moralist, and his theories led to his excommunication from the Russian Holy Synod in 1901. He died in 1910.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 112 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65912346935645,"sku":"K020877043","price":8.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2087704300001A.jpg?v=1789320077","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/a-confession-leo-n-tolstoi","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}