10. In the Country

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Plates IX
4. Foreword XXXIII
5. A Note on the Author XXXVII
6. Editor’s Note XXXIX
7. The Tolstoy Family XLI
8. Part I. Russia: 1884–1917
9. 1. Growing Up 1
10. 2. On the Eve 12
11. 3. On the Northwestern Front 17
12. 4. The Caucasian Front, Spring 1915 22
13. 5. Karakalisa 28
14. 6. From Karakalisa to Van 33
15. 7. The City of Van 37
16. 8. Again the Northwestern Front 45
17. 9. Smorgon 54
18. 10. The Russian People 61
19. Part Two. I Worked for the Soviet: 1917–1929
20. 1. The 1917 Revolution 63
21. 2. Talk 71
22. 3. Homeless 80
23. 4. A Tale of Potatoes, a Pig, and Beautiful Sukhum 86
24. 5. Tolstoy’s Sister 91
25. 6. The Benefactor 95
26. 7. In Moscow 102
27. 8. “I Repented Bitterly” 110
28. 9. The Arrest 112
29. 10. The Brooder Hen 116
30. 11. The Trial 121
31. 12. You Can Be Happy Anywhere 126
32. 13. Kalinin 132
33. 14. Yasnaya Polyana Again 137
34. 15. Cow Barns and Classrooms 142
35. 16. Badgering 148
36. 17. Christ is a Myth 156
37. 18. Comrade Stalin 160
38. 19. The Tolstoy Jubilee 163
39. 20. The Break from Russia 168
40. Part Three. From Moscow to Tokyo: 1929–1931
41. 1. Last Impressions 175
42. 2. The Rolling Seas 181
43. 3. The Beginning of the Fairy Tale 182
44. 4. The Sleuths 187
45. 5. The Dancing Slippers 191
46. 6. The Lecture Tour 195
47. 7. One Thousand Yen 202
48. 8. The Student 207
49. 9. Fencing 213
50. 10. In the Country 217
51. 11. Rice 223
52. 12. Beauty Undisplayed 229
53. 13. The Tea Ceremony 236
54. 14. Tokutomi-San 240
55. 15. The Buddhist Temple 244
56. 16. The Sect of the Ittoen 248
57. 17. Dorobo-San 254
58. 18. The Japanese Idea of Decency 257
59. 19. The Samurai 262
60. 20. The Professor’s Family 269
61. 21. Jinn-Rickshaw 276
62. 22. The Eta-Outcasts 279
63. 23. The Miraculous Doctor 282
64. 24. “Very Sorry” 288
65. 25. Sakura-Cherry Blossom 291
66. 26. Advanced Women 293
67. 27. End of the Fairy Tale 300
68. 28. How Pineapples Grow 308
69. 29. Landing in America 311
70. Part Four. First Steps in America: 1931–1939
71. 1. San Francisco 315
72. 2. San Quentin 320
73. 3. Salt Lake City 323
74. 4. Chicago and Hull House 325
75. 5. New York and the Settlement House 329
76. 6. The Lecture Circuit 332
77. 7. The Farm Near Philadelphia 336
78. 8. How to Speak Out and Be Heard ? 341
79. 9. The Connecticut Farm 345
80. 10. Lectures in America 349
81. 11. The Blessed Sense of Freedom 353
82. 12. Joy in Death 358
83. 13. The New World and the Old 364
84. 14. The Egg Business 369
85. 15. The Flood 373
86. 16. Freddie 377
87. 17. A Hard Decision 382
88. 18. Edens in Florida 386
89. 19. The Birth of an Idea 394
90. 20. Creation of the Tolstoy Foundation 397
91. 21. The Beginning 398
92. 22. Reed Farm 401
93. 23. Kind People 406
94. Appendix: The Tolstoy Foundation 413
95. Publications of Alexandra Tolstoy 417
96. Index 421