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- ↑ Gilbert Keith Chesterton; George Herbert Perris; Edward Garnett, eds. (1904). Leo Tolstoy. Hodder and Stoughton. p. 12.
- ↑ Leo Tolstoy, His Life and Work: Autobiographical Memoirs, Letters, and Biographical Material. Vol. 1. C. Scribner's Sons. 1911. p. 217.
- ↑ Leo Tolstoy (1999). Tolstoy: Tales of Courage and Conflict. Cooper Square Press. p. 16. ISBN 9781461741626.
- ↑ Andrew Barger (2014). Leo Tolstoy's 5 Greatest Novellas Annotated. Bottletree Classics. ISBN 9781933747163.
