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Why is Leo Tolstoy significant?

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Russian author Leo Tolstoy is considered a master of realistic fiction and one of the world’s greatest novelists. His best-known novels are War and Peace (1865–69) and Anna Karenina (1875–77). Oscillating between skepticism and dogmatism, Tolstoy explored the most diverse approaches to human experience. His works have been praised as pieces of life itself.

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