Л. Н. Толстой. Полное собрание сочинений.
Под редакцией и с примечаниями П. И. Бирюкова.
Москва: Типография Товарищества И. Д. Сытина, 1913.
23×16 см. В двадцати четырех томах, переплетенных в двенадцать одинаковых полукожаных переплетов эпохи. С многочисленными портретами автора.
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L. N. Tolstoy.
Complete Works in 24 Volumes (Polnoe sobranie sochineniy).
Edited and annotated by P. I. Biryukov.
Moscow: Typography of the I. D. Sytin Partnership, 1913.
23×16 cm. Complete in 24 volumes, bound in twelve matching contemporary half-leather bindings. Features numerous portraits of the author.
This 1913 edition, published by the legendary Ivan Sytin, is one of the most aesthetically and academically significant pre-revolutionary collections of Leo Tolstoy's literary legacy. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of Tolstoy's creative evolution, including the arrangement of his canonical novels—War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Resurrection—alongside his once-censored religious treatises and private correspondence. Edited by Pavel Biryukov, Tolstoy’s close friend and biographer, this set was produced shortly after the author's death to provide a definitive and accessible record of his life's work. As a vital primary source, this volume documents the transition of Tolstoy from a celebrated novelist to a global moral authority, encompassing his pedagogical experiments, "folk" stories, and late philosophical dramas like The Living Corpse. The inclusion of four full volumes of personal letters (1848–1910) offers an unprecedented look into the private thoughts of the "Seer of the Flesh."