Leo Tolstoy
- Books on site
- 2
- Total words
- 911,266
- Reading time
- 50.6 h
- Years covered
- 1869–1878
- Longest
- War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was a count, an artillery officer in the Crimea, a landlord who ran schools for his peasants, and the author of the novels collected here — the largest and the most intimate of the Russian nineteenth-century novels. War and Peace (1869) is the one about the whole country; Anna Karenina (1878) is the one about two marriages.
The Tolstoy novels on this site are free here in EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB, complete and unabridged, in the standard public-domain English translations: Louise and Aylmer Maude’s revision of 1922 for War and Peace, Constance Garnett’s of 1901 for Anna Karenina. They are long — 580,000 and 350,000 words — and they were written to be read over months, the way their first readers read them in serial parts.
Every Leo Tolstoy title on editions.ink
In publication order, with word counts and reading time. The list is generated from the book pages themselves, so a new release appears here automatically.
War and Peace
Anna Karenina| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1869 | War and Peace | 561,860 | ~37 h |
| 1878 | Anna Karenina | 349,406 | ~23 h |
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Questions readers ask
How many Leo Tolstoy books are free on editions.ink?
There are 2 editions on the site, together about 911,266 words, or roughly 61 hours of reading. Each page has the full text as EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB.
What is the best Leo Tolstoy book to start with?
Anna Karenina (1878): it is a full novel but the most approachable of the long ones, at about 23.3 hours.
Are these editions complete or abridged?
Complete. The text comes from the public-domain transcription and is checked against the printed edition named on each book page; nothing is cut, modernised or annotated away.
Which format should I download?
EPUB is the safest default for phones, tablets, Kobo and most reading apps. AZW3 suits older Kindles, and KEPUB is the Kobo-native format with better page-turn and footnote handling on a Kobo device.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. The download links are direct files served from the site; no account, newsletter or paywall is involved.
How long does War and Peace take?
About 38.7 hours at 300 words per minute for 580,000 words — the longest title on this page. The whole list runs to roughly 62 hours.
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