Дневники 1862-1910

The diaries of Sofya Andreevna Tolstoy, no doubt, are interesting to fans of Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, especially since their full text came out only once forty years ago. But first of all, the history of this 48 -year marriage is interesting for women - as a mirror that you don’t want to look at all, but it is necessary, as an ideal example of the so -called co -dependent relationship, like a manual, in the end, which will have to be studied in order to stop stepping on familiar rakes . Each page sounds baptized by emotions, requests, claims, this unfortunate woman who does not realize and does not accept her life and her happiness.

"Despite the pronounced impressionism of many records of the diary, which soon recorded a transient mood, instant" explosions" of temperament, and moreover, sometimes in strong expressions, the diaries of Sophia Andreevna, not to mention their exceptional value to characterize her, and how The material for the biography of Leo Tolstoy is an important source. "
M. Qyavlovsky