# The Last Days of Tolstoy

Author: Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich), 1854-1936

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40260

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Last+Days+of+Tolstoy+Chertkov&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Dosev's mistake, common to many--Tolstoy's true motives--His independence of the opinion of men--The limit of his yielding--In order to go away he had to feel the necessity for doing so--It was easier to go than to remain--Tolstoy's sufferings at Yasnaya Polyana (from his intimate diary)--The mistake of passing censure upon his life at Yasnaya--He fulfilled that which God required of him--His love for his wife and his confidence in her--His self-sacrifice for her sake--We must believe in his conscientiousness--The heroism of his life in his family.

## Chapters

- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/20/index.md)
- [PART III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/12/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/13/index.md)
- [PART I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter II.--Change for the worse in his wife's attitude to him 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter III.--The history of the will 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter VI.--Mental agony 58](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter X.--The significance of Tolstoy's going away and of the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter VIII.--Tolstoy's relation to his wife 67](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter I.--The conditions of life at Yasnaya Polyana 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-last-days-of-tolstoy-40260/chapters/2/index.md)