Russian writer Leo Tolstoy lived a life of incongruities: a landed aristocrat who espoused socialist values; the author of two of the greatest novels, War And Peace and Anna Karenina, but who later scorned their meaningfulness; a preacher of chastity who did not observe the ideal himself; a man who loved his wife but found he could not tolerate living with her. The complex final year of Tolstoy's life was told in a novel by Middlebury College professor Jay Parini, and that book is the basis for an acclaimed new movie by the same name, The Last Station.

VPR News
- Increase In FEMA Relief To 90 Percent Is A Relief To State, Towns Monday, 05/28/12 7:34am
- State, Local Officials Come At F-35 From Different Perspectives Saturday, 05/26/12 9:34am
- Vt. Cities Seek Pension Solutions Friday, 05/25/12 5:30pm
- On Memorial Day, Remembering The Fallen Friday, 05/25/12 5:50pm
NPR News
- Observing Memorial Day Friday, 05/25/12 7:14pm
- What's In A Smile? Turns Out Computers Best Humans At Parsing What's Genuine Friday, 05/25/12 6:53pm
- CBS, NBC, Fox Battle Dish Network In Court Over Ad-Skipping DVR Friday, 05/25/12 5:40pm
- Keep Kids Away From Laundry Detergent Packs Friday, 05/25/12 4:41pm
© Copyright 2012, VPR
This is the online edition of VPR News. Text versions of VPR news stories may be updated and they may vary slightly from the broadcast version.




