Count Leo Tolstoy. How joked, whom he loved, what he admired and what the Uinhabeli Genius condemned

We are used to imagining a Tolstoy lion gloomy, if not a gloomy old man with a white beard, in a sweatshirt and boots. And in the photographs he does not smile - except for several little -known ones. In this book L.N. Tolstoy is shown on the other hand - he ironizes, plays his neighbors, fools around with children, performs ridiculous acts and jokes a lot. Here are the memories of close and distant relatives, guests of Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy, writers, musicians and artists who were friends with L.N. Fat. On these evidence, a book of a researcher at the State Museum of L. N. Tolstoy, writer and critic of Daria Yeremeeva, was built. Being a guide with experience, she answers in her book to frequently asked questions about the writer, debunk myths, conscientiously refers to sources - in a word, tries to convey to readers the truth about who he himself was looking for the truth all his life. The book is equipped with a rich illustrative material provided by the State Museum L.N. Tolstoy