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Leo Tolstoy - A Confession

Drama: Biographical

Drama: Spiritual

Leo Tolstoy's search for the meaning of life and his early doubts about religion.

Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life and his early doubts about religion and the existence of God.

Leo Tolstoy - A Confession: Faith

26/02/2018

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Leo Tolstoy - A Confession, Faith

Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life.

4 Extra Debut. Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life and his early doubts about religion and the existence of God. Read by Joss Ackland. From February 1993.

Early doubts about religion and the existence of God.

By the time he was 50, Russian writer Leo Tolstoy had found fame and success through his great literary achievements. He had a wife and family, and a large estate. But he hadn't found what was most important: the meaning of life. 

A Confession compellingly describes his search for the truth. Read by Joss Ackland. 

Abridged in ten episodes by Andrew Simpson.

Producer: Claire Campbell Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.

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