Books enlighten the soul, uplift and strengthen a person, awaken the best aspirations in him, sharpen his mind and soften his heart.
William Thackeray, English satirist
The book is a great power.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Soviet revolutionary
Without books, we now can neither live, nor fight, nor suffer, nor rejoice and win, nor confidently move towards that reasonable and wonderful future in which we unshakably believe.
Many thousands of years ago, in the hands of the best representatives of mankind, the book became one of the main weapons of their struggle for truth and justice, and it was this weapon that gave these people terrible strength.
Nikolai Rubakin, Russian bibliologist, bibliographer.
The book is a tool. But not only. It introduces people to the life and struggle of other people, makes it possible to understand their experiences, their thoughts, their aspirations; it makes it possible to compare, understand the environment and transform it.
Stanislav Strumilin, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
There is no better remedy for refreshing the mind than reading the ancient classics; as soon as you take one of them in your hands, even if for half an hour, you immediately feel refreshed, lightened and cleansed, uplifted and strengthened, as if refreshed by bathing in a pure spring.
Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher
Those who were not familiar with the creations of the ancients lived without knowing beauty.
Georg Hegel, German philosopher
No failures of history and deaf spaces of time are able to destroy human thought, fixed in hundreds, thousands and millions of manuscripts and books.
Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian Soviet writer
The book is magical. The book changed the world. It contains the memory of the human race, it is the mouthpiece of human thought. A world without a book is a world of savages.
Nikolai Morozov, creator of modern scientific chronology
Books are the spiritual testament of one generation to another, the advice of a dying old man to a young man who begins to live, an order transmitted by sentries going on vacation to sentries who take his place.
Without books, human life is empty. The book is not only our friend, but also our constant, eternal companion.
Demyan Bedny, Russian Soviet writer, poet, publicist
The book is a powerful tool of communication, labor, struggle. It equips man with the experience of the life and struggle of mankind, expands his horizon, gives him knowledge with which he can make the forces of nature serve him.
Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Soviet party, public and cultural figure.
Reading good books is a conversation with the best people of the past, and, moreover, such a conversation when they tell us only their best thoughts.
René Descartes, French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and physiologist
Reading is one of the sources of thinking and mental development.
Vasily Sukhomlinsky, an outstanding Soviet teacher and innovator.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Joseph Addison, English poet and satirist
A good book is like a conversation with an intelligent person. The reader receives from her knowledge and generalization of reality, the ability to understand life.
Alexei Tolstoy, Russian Soviet writer and public figure
Don't forget that the most colossal tool of all-round education is reading.
Alexander Herzen, Russian publicist, writer, philosopher
Without reading there is no real education, there is not and cannot be any taste, or a word, or a multilateral breadth of understanding; Goethe and Shakespeare are equal to the whole university. Reading man survives centuries.
Alexander Herzen, Russian publicist, writer, philosopher
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The great epic novel by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy "War and Peace" is one of the largest works of world literature and, perhaps, most fully describes the phenomenon of Russian society. The plot of the novel covers a significant period of time from 1805 to 1812, that is, the era of the wars with Napoleon. A wide canvas covers with its description all the social strata of that time from emperors to simple ...
“All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” - these famous lines open one of the most significant novels in Russian literature, which has gained fame abroad. The novel "Anna Karenina" is rightfully one of the symbols of our classical literature, it combines scale and subtle psychologism, philosophical reasoning and intensity ...
The pseudo-biographical stories of Leo Tolstoy have been combined by us into one publication, so that our readers will have an even greater sense of the continuity of the development of the protagonist. Nikolai Irtentiev, the character on whose behalf the stories are written, appears before us in the first part of "Childhood" as a boy. He is open to the world and every event is amazing for him. He will have to...
The story of Leo Tolstoy "After the Ball" was inspired by a real incident from the life of the writer's brother, Sergei Nikolayevich. Like the protagonist of the story, he is in love with the daughter of a high-ranking military man. Everyone around admired the father's concern for his daughter, and during the ball, from which the story begins, their dance touches all the guests. However, the morning after this enthusiastic ball contrasts greatly in its...
A short story\"The Prisoner of the Caucasus \" is called by many critics one of the best works of Leo Tolstoy, in which the simplicity of presentation reached its climax. In this work you will not find bright stylistic means or complex, flowery turns, even detailed descriptions of the spiritual torments of the characters. Only life, in its simplicity and complexity, only actions that speak louder than words....
The latest novel, written by the great Russian classic Leo Tolstoy, deserves the special attention of all our listeners, both those who are fond of classical literature and those who eschew it. Eleven years the writer hatched the idea of the novel "Resurrection", the first publication of which took place in 1899. The book begins with a scene in court, where in the poisoning of the men...
Tolstoy Lev Nikolaevich is a Russian writer, without whom it is difficult to imagine Russian literature in general. Tolstoy is one of the few Russian writers whose name is known not only in Russia, but throughout the world. Undoubtedly, Tolstoy's most famous novel has always been and remains the four-volume work "War and Peace", but not one hundred ...
Audiobooks by Leo Tolstoy
The outstanding Russian writer Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy lost his parents very early: the mother of the future author died in childbirth almost two years after his birth, and his father died suddenly when the boy was not even ten. By the age of thirteen, Lev Nikolayevich had already changed several guardians and settled in Kazan, in the house of his aunt Pelageya Yushkova. After studying at Kazan University for several years, where he first studied oriental languages, then law, Tolstoy decided to go to his native Yasnaya Polyana and become a landowner, but the experience was unsuccessful, later he described his attempts to get close to the peasants in the story "The Morning of the Landowner" and the storyline Konstantin Levin in War and Peace.
In 1851, together with his brother Nikolai, a former army officer, Leo Tolstoy went to the Caucasus, where, first as a volunteer, and then joining the army, he takes part in hostilities. It was while in the Caucasus that Tolstoy made his debut in literature: he writes and publishes the stories "Childhood" and "Cossacks", the story "The Raid" and takes on the second volume of the planned trilogy - "Boyhood". After a stay in the Crimean army, the writer creates his famous Sevastopol Tales, published in 1855, and when, after leaving the service, he returns to St. Petersburg, he is already a recognized and revered author, standing on a par with I.S. Turgenev and I.A. Goncharov.
After traveling around Europe from 1857 to 1859, Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy settled in Yasnaya Polyana, where he spent a lot of time creating a school designed to teach peasant children to read and write. He not only publishes his pedagogical journal, but also creates several author's alphabets and many moralizing stories for children, some of which are now included in the school literature curriculum.
Working on historical novels and stories since the early sixties, Tolstoy came up with the idea of writing a large-scale epic canvas dedicated to the Patriotic War, and in 1865 the first volume of "War and Peace", an epic novel, appeared in print, over which author worked for the next four years.
After writing the novel "Anna Karenina" in the early seventies, inspired by the then popular novels by Dumas and several real stories of secular beauties, Leo Tolstoy is approaching a turning point in his work, associated with the search for new life guidelines. In subsequent years, more and more works in the genre of essays and articles, writes the works "Confession" and "What is my faith." The pinnacle of his work of this time is the novel, in which the author depicted the resurrection of the soul of the landowner Nekhlyudov, who once used the maid Katyusha Maslova for his own purposes. Listen online audiobook"Resurrection", like many other works of Leo Tolstoy, you can on our website completely for free.
10/12/2016 Admin
The Master and the Worker is an audiobook based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy, written in 1895.
The work of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is loved by readers all over the world. Tolstoy's works have entered the treasury of world literature. His talent is multifaceted. Leo Tolstoy's novels and short stories, philosophical works and children's stories, diaries and letters reflected universal and especially Russian problems with particular poignancy.
Leo Tolstoy's audiobook "Master and Worker" was voiced by Ilya Bobylev.
11/23/2014 Admin
“Stories and Fables for Children” is an audiobook based on the children's works of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.
We bring to your attention a collection of stories and fables by Leo Tolstoy. Leo Tolstoy's audiobook "Stories and Fables for Children" is presented in a magnificent performance by People's Artists of Russia - Kirill Kozakov, Albert Filozov and Valery Barinov.
11/05/2015 Admin
"Proverbs" - an audiobook based on the parables of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy,
The audiobook contains parables by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) for children and adults on biblical stories. Parables have a pronounced instructive character. On the example of these works, we have the opportunity to once again be convinced of the versatility of the genius of the great writer.
The audiobook of Leo Tolstoy "Parables" is presented by Ilya Bobylev.
06/18/2015 Admin
"Albert" is an audiobook based on an early novel by the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, written in 1858.
"Albert" is a philosophical story of a writer, a Russian classic. Before you open the story of a man in art. You will find out whether it is possible for an ordinary man in the street to understand a drunkard violinist who has laid down his violin? You will learn that in art, as in any struggle of this kind, there are people who give everything to their service and perish without reaching their goal.
The audiobook by Leo Tolstoy "Albert" is presented in a magnificent performance by the People's Artist of Russia Georgy Taratorkin.
05/07/2015 Admin
“Family Happiness” is an audiobook based on the story of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1859.
Leo Tolstoy's story "Family Happiness" tells the story of a young girl's love for her late father's friend, her guardian. Then, after their marriage, the first few years of married life are described...
The audiobook “Family Happiness” is a recording of Radio Russia. The director of the audio performance is Dmitry Trukhan, the editor is Natalia Sholokhova, the composer is Mikhail Antal.
The audiobook by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy “Family Happiness” was superbly voiced by the amazing theater, film and dubbing actress Anna Kamenkova.
08/29/2014 Admin
"Cossacks" - an audiobook based on the story of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910).
The story of Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy "Cossacks" is autobiographical, it is based on the writer's Caucasian memories, the story of his unrequited love for a Cossack woman who lived in the Starogladovskaya village. Leo Tolstoy chooses a plot traditional for romantic literature: the love of a fugitive hero chilled and disappointed with life from the disgusting world of civilization for a “natural” and very passionate heroine ... Leo Tolstoy’s audiobook “Cossacks” is superbly voiced by Alexei Zolotnitsky.
07/13/2014 Admin
"Confession. Tales. Stories” is an audiobook based on the works of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910).
This collection of works by Leo Tolstoy includes the autobiographical work “Confession” (1879-1882), which expounds the ideas of Tolstoyism in artistic form and was banned during the life of the writer in Russia by spiritual censorship. Also included are novels and short stories from different years. Audiobook by Leo Tolstoy “Confession. Tales. Stories” by Vladimir Shevyakov, Mikhail Roslyakov and Alexey Yarmilko.
03/21/2014 Admin
“Father Sergius” is an audiobook based on the story of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910).
The protagonist of Leo Tolstoy's story "Father Sergius" - Stepan Kasatsky, in the recent past a successful military man, an ambitious and ambitious man, having learned about the betrayal of his bride and disillusioned with life, goes to a monastery and becomes a monk. But the path he chose turned out to be not so simple, and the acquisition of spiritual gifts is possible only under the condition of the most intense inner work, humility and a painful struggle with temptations. Alexander Bordukov voices the audiobook of Leo Tolstoy "Father Sergius".
Around that time, he developed the habit of keeping a diary, which was preserved for the rest of his life and which became a source for writing works.
Tolstoy was also inspired by music - for several hours he could not only listen, but also perform Mendelssohn, Mozart, Chopin and other favorite composers.
Once, his brother Nikolai visited him and offered to become a cadet in the Caucasus Mountains. During his Junker days, Tolstoy began writing the autobiographical history Childhood, which was published by Sovremennik in 1852 and is now in almost every online library. In 1854, the writer was sent to Sevastopol, where he fought in the Crimean War - at this time he writes a continuation of his autobiography - "Boyhood" and other works, some of which can be listened to for free on our website in good quality.
Spiritual searches of the great writer.
In the 1960s, Tolstoy began writing War and Peace. This was followed by the novel "Anna Karenina". In the final stage of literary creativity, Tolstoy created such works as:
- "Death of Ivan Ilyich"
- "Hadji Murat"
- "Resurrection"
- "Father Sergius"
- "Living Dead"
After finishing the novel "Anna Karenina", which, by the way, brought a considerable income to the author, the writer fell into depression and devoted himself to finding the meaning of life, focusing his spiritual aspirations on the idea of non-resistance to evil by violence.
His wife did not agree with his teaching and in order to avoid growing discontent, the writer began a pilgrimage in 1910, but a month later Lev Nikolayevich died in the house of the head of a small railway station.
Tolstoy's stories for children - listen with pleasure!
However, at the age of twenty-five, he decided to listen to the dictates of his own heart and change the direction of his life path - he moved to an art school.
In the same year, his first book, Lyrica, was published. Three years later, "Magpie's Tales" were released. And the descendant of the famous Count L. Tolstoy, who was a distant relative on the paternal side, finally and irrevocably embarked on the path of writing.
During the years of the First World War and the October Revolution, the theme of the influence of a great personality on history appeared in the writer's work and, by the way, remained throughout his entire literary work.
Such, for example, are the novels The Eagle and the Eaglet. "Peter the Great", "Difficult Years" and many others. Returning in 1923 from a trip abroad, he, carried away by science fiction ideas, wrote such masterpieces as "Engineer Garin's Hyperboloid" and "Aelita".
"Tell me, what's his name?..."
The most popular compositions for children created by A.N. Thick are:
- Mermaid Tales
- Forty tales
- Tale about black grouse
- mushroom war
- Crane and heron
- The sorcerer's daughter and the enchanted prince
Alexey Nikolaevich left a rich fairy-tale heritage - more than a hundred fairy tales - long and short, scary and funny, funny and mysterious. You can listen to some of them for free on our website and make sure that each of them is very interesting! A separate place in this list is occupied by a fairy tale created by the writer in 1936.
Impressed by "Pinocchio", written by the Italian Collodi, Tolstoy creates a work that is in good quality on our website and the main character of which is a mischievous boy.
“Tell me, what is his name?”... Of course, this is Pinocchio - the very kind and charismatic prankster who defeated the cruel Karabas-Barabas and found a magical golden key!
Tolstoy's audio tales are interesting for children of all ages!
