Biography: Leo Tolstoy
Subject:
English / Language Arts
Grade Levels:
6-8, 9-12
Source: History
Profiles the Russian writer, moralist, and mystic who began his literary career by writing short stories as a soldier. The author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina lived poorly as a peasant under his wife's roof.
60-minute runtime; 2-year copyright clearance.
April 5 at 7:00am ET/PT
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