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Sonya:

by Edwards, Anne frey50
Published by : Simon and Schuster (New York) , 1981 Physical details: 512 p. ISBN:0671240404 .
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Includes index

Author's Note; 1910 : a death at Astapovo -- 1856-1862 : an expectation of happiness -- 1862-1865 : Something beautiful ... -- 1865-1877 : a habit of loving -- 1877-1892 : watching the phantoms -- 1893-1910 : that endless dream -- 1910-1920 : a soul steeped in darkness -- The Tolstoy family; Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

A sympathetic account of Sonya Tolstoy's struggle for independence reveals Sonya to be a forerunner of today's modern woman, showing how her intense love for Tolstoy was diminished by his refusal to see her as her own person.