Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Tolstoy's Complete Works in English

I have organized my digital collection of the Complete Works of Tolstoy as translated and edited by Leo Wiener and published by Dana Estes & Company in Boston and J. M. Dent & Company in London in 1904-1905. It's not that I think Wiener was the best translator of Tolstoy; I don't. In my opinion Louise and Aylmer Maude were the best 19th century translators of Tolstoy's work, and Tolstoy apparently agreed. The reason I have collected Wiener's translations is that they are readily available at Google Books, although it does take some persistence to find and download them all. (I'm still looking for Volume 18.) The Estes and Dent editions match up volume by volume in terms of content and publication date. Here is a chart showing what I have downloaded from Google Books:

Complete Works of Tolstoy
Leo Wiener, editor and translator
Boston: Dana Estes & Company
London: J.M. Dent & Company

(In my digital library as of 12-7-2010)


Volume 1

Childhood, Boyhood and Youth

London: J.M. Dent & Co. 1904

Volume 2

A Landed Proprietor
The Cossacks
Sevastopol

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1904

Volume 3

A Moscow Acquaintance
The Snot-Storm
Domestic Happiness
Miscellaneous

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1904

Volume 4

Pedagogical Articles
Linen-Measurer

London: J.M. Dent & Co. 1904

Volume 5

War and Peace Vol 1

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 6

War and Peace Vol 2

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 7

War and Peace Vol 3

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 8

War and Peace Vol 4 - Epilogue

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 9

Anna Karenina Vol 1

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 10

Anna Karenina Vol 2

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 11

Anna Karenina Vol 3

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 12

Fables for Children
Stories for Children
Natural Science Stories
Popular Education
Decembrists
Moral Tales

New York and Boston: Colonial Press Co.

Volume 13

My Confession
Critique of Dogmatic Theology

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 14

The Four Gospels Harmonized and Translated, Vol 1

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 15

The Four Gospels Harmonized and Translated, Vol 2

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 16

My Religion
Thoughts on God and the Meaning of Life

London: J.M. Dent & Co. 1904

Volume 17

What Shall We Do Then?
On the Moscow Census
Collected Articles

London: J.J. Dent & Co. 1904

Volume 18



Volume 19

Walk in the Light While Ye Have Light
Thoughts and Aphorisms
Letters
Miscellanies

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1905

Volume 20

The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Christianity and Patriotism
Miscellanies

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1905

Volume 21

Resurrection Vol 1

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 22

Resurrection Vol 2
What is Art?
The Christian Teaching

Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 1904

Volume 23

Miscellaneous Letters and Essays

Boston: Dana Estes & Company 1905

Volume 24

Latest Works
Life
General Index
Bibliography

London: J.M. Dent & Co. 1905


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