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Episode 158 Leo Tolstoy Childhood

Childhood and boyhood.

Last time we ended the series on life on a Russian country estate.

Today we finally begin discussing the life

of one of the greatest writers in world history, Leo Tolstoy.

Now, before I get to Leo, I'd like to make an appeal for donations.

In April of this year, 2015, it will mark the beginning of the fifth year of

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podcast. So now on to the topic at hand. The death of Ivan Ilichich Childhood, Boyhood and Youth Family Happiness,

Sevastopol Sketches. The Kingdom of God is within you.

Hajjy Morad, Anna Karinina, and War in Peace.

Writing any one of these, especially the last two,

would have been an incredible accomplishment.

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