TOLSTOI, Lev Nikolaievich. Work While Ye Have the Light, by Lyof Tolstoi translated from the Russian by E.J. Dillon. William Heinemann. (Heinemann's International Library.) 1890
4pp Editor's Note by Edmund Gosse preceding half title, 6pp ads + 16pp cata. (Oct. 1890). Orig. pink cloth, lettered in black; spine darkened & a little rubbed, cloth sl. bubbled in places. Stamps of Cartwright's Circulating Library, Sheffield. A good sound copy.
¶Khodite v svete, poka est svet, was written during the late 1880s, but was not published in Russian until 1892, and then by a publisher in Geneva. The first edition printed in Russia appeared the following year, in a version heavily edited by the censors. This, the FIRST ENGLISH, is therefore the first appearance of the work in print. Set during the time of the early Christians, it is a tale of religious awakening and abandonment of dogma. Simplistic in style, yet profound in message, it is typical of Tolstoi's work during this period, when he was deeply engrossed in the study of Orthodox philosophy. Line: Tolstoi 120.
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£65
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