Edwards, Anne         frey50        <br/><br/>
Sonya:  The Life of Countess Tolstoy  
Anne Edwards 
 - New York  Simon and Schuster  1981 
 - 512 p. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/>  	 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0671240404  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tolstoy, Sonya 1844-1919  Biography 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tolstaia, Sofia Andreevna Bers, Grafinia Wives - Russia  --Biography
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>891.733 Edw   14