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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Set;en Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Part I-What Happens the Most Balancing Immediacy with Overview 7 Tolstoy's Perpetual Present 20 A String for His Pearls 33 Part II-The Fusion of Opposites Natasha: Tears in Laughter 4,3 Pierre: Pursuing Perfection ,54 Nicholas: Hamletizing Horatio 6,3 Princess Mary: Metamorphosis 70 Prince Andrew: Nurse and Father 78 The Structure of Protagonist Development 89 ix 1 Contents Part Ill-The Protagonists' World Chapter Ten Encompassing Humanity 97 Chapter EleIJen Tolstoyan Wisdom 108 Notes 122 Selected Bibliography Index viii 133 139 ...

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