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Count Leo Tolstoy 11 ______ in

1828, not far from the Russian city of Tula.

His family were aristocrats and wealthy but the young Leo did not do 12 ______ at university. He joined the army and fought in

wars; later he travelled around Europe and

settled 13 ______ to write some of the world's greatest novels. His

subject was society, from the lowest levels to the highest. Later he 14 ______ books about religion, and raised awareness of

social injustice. The major themes in the books are families, love, and war,

and also the Russian countryside and the customs and 15 ______ of

its people. Some of the most famous titles are War and Peace (1869) and Anna

Karenina (1878). Leo Tolstoy died in 1910, and was mourned all over the world.

had written

written

writes

wrote