The essays

Tolstoy wrote dozens and dozens of ethical and religious books and essays, treatises on his educational ideas, social and political commentaries, and compositions on art and literature. They include attacks on the Russian Orthodox Church, discussions about the nature of art and rants against anti-violence and property ownership. A comprehensive list of titles is at www.linguadex.com/tolstoy/works.htm and www.nonresistance.org/tolstoy.html makes available the full text of many of those that oppose violence. The list below is a very small selection of some prominent texts.

A Criticism of Dogmatic Theology, 1880, Confession, 1882, The Four Gospels Unified and Translated, 1882
What Then Must We Do? 1886
Nicholas Stick, 1986, Letter to a Revolutionary, 1888, Shame! 1996
The Kingdom of God is Within You, 1893
What Is Art? 1998