A Confession, The Gospel in Brief, and What I Believe
London: Oxford University Press, 1974.
539 pp. 16mo. Bound in dark navy cloth, gilt-stamped spine text, blind-stamped emblem on front board. Dust jacket unclipped, minimal shelf wear to the top edge and the spine ends. Rear yellow panel clean and bright. Pages show mild, uniform toning.
World's Classics series (No. 229). This collection groups Tolstoy's three vital theological and philosophical treatises translated by his authorized biographers, Louise and Aylmer Maude. Written after completing War and Peace and Anna Karenina, these texts trace his radical abandonment of aristocratic life and orthodox dogma in favor of rationalist Christian pacifism and literal adherence to the Sermon on the Mount. A beautiful, well-preserved mid-century artifact of Tolstoy’s non-fiction legacy.
Price: $175.00