Family Happiness Author:Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 ? November 20, 1910) was a Russian writer who earned fame and global renown for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Writing during the late 19th century, Tolstoy lived during a literary period in which Realism flourished, and today his two novels are considered the apex of realist fiction. Dostoevsky himsel... more »f declared Anna Karenina "flawless as a work of art," and it is invariably included among discussions of the greatest novels ever.« less