Tolstoy was born on September 9, 2000 1828 in a local manor called Jasnaya Poliuna, not too far from Moscow. His parents are old and prestigious big noble. Although his parents died before he was 10 years old, his childhood was always spent in a carefree environment because of his rich family. From 65438 to 0844, he was admitted to Kazan University. During his schooling, he was influenced by the French Enlightenment and was dissatisfied with the czar's autocratic system. 1847, he dropped out of school and went home, trying to carry out reforms on his own site, trying to improve the situation of farmers, but this reform soon failed. 185 1 year, he became a junior officer in the czar's army in the Caucasus and personally participated in the Crimean war. During this period, he finished his first novel "Childhood, Adolescence, Youth". Speaking of the publication of Tolstoy's first novel, there is an unforgettable anecdote. 1852, Tolstoy sent the first part of his first novel "Childhood" to Modern People magazine edited by the great writer Necrasov. Due to lack of self-confidence, he only abbreviated his name at the end of the manuscript and in the letter. Unexpectedly, Necrasov became very interested in his childhood. He immediately wrote to the author: "I have read your manuscript, which is so fascinating that I will publish it soon. I dare not say too much because I didn't read the sequel, but I think the author is very talented ... "Later, he read the proof of his childhood and wrote to the author:" I can definitely say that the author is talented ... Please-if you have a sequel in your hand-send it to me immediately. " Soon, the first novel was published, which immediately caused a sensation in Russian literature. Turgenev, herzen, Chernyshevski and other famous writers all praised this work. Tolstoy succeeded.
Tolstoy worked very hard. He has a famous saying: "Genius is one tenth of inspiration and nine tenths of sweat." In order to create the novel War and Peace with the theme of French Napoleon's invasion of Russia, he visited all the libraries in Moscow and read a lot of history books, memoirs and related materials. I personally visited the battlefield, drew topographic maps and visited the old people who fought in the war. It took six years to finish this masterpiece.
1910165438+10 On October 7th, Tolstoy died of pneumonia at Astaburg station. His works are precious heritages in the treasure house of human culture, and Lenin called Tolstoy "the mirror of Russian revolution".