Tolstoyan

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• Formed as a discussion group, it was heavily influenced by the Tolstoyan ideas that a productive life required living on and working the land.

  Academic text (2006)

• This Tolstoyan character, this bare-butted cherub, shall always remain with me.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Jean Lasserre was French Reformed yet almost Tolstoyan in his religious and ethical vision.

  Academic text (2000)

• Most likely, Tolstoy had not really intended to torture his wife by excluding her from his will, but only wished her to convert to the Tolstoyan faith and renounce her desire to own property.

  Academic text (1990)

• Thematically and structurally, Allen repeats in Radio Days some of the Tolstoyan lessons he had learned and previously used in Hannah and Her Sisters.

  Academic text (1992)

• Yet the practical-minded Sonya regarded this, understandably, as monstrous: that her husband expected her not only to raise his children, handle his huge estate and social world, but also to be a perfect Tolstoyan in word and deed is truly amazing.

  Academic text (1990)

• I think that Tolstoyan analysis is the reason why Barack Obama continues to attract a more-or-less even amount of voters and is running close to 50-50 with Romney.

  Blog text (28)

• Around that bleak, wintry train station were gathered swarms of photographers, journalists, chief disciples of the Tolstoyan philosophy, and members of the great man's family (who had chartered a special train to take them there).

  Academic text (1990)

• The group of activists met weekly to discuss their Tolstoyan beliefs about living simply and advocating for nonviolence.

• She identified as a Tolstoyan due to her commitment to promoting peace and social justice, much like the famous author.

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