author
Aylmer Maude
1858–1938
Best remembered as one of Leo Tolstoy’s closest English translators, he helped bring major Russian classics to a wide English-speaking audience. He also wrote an influential life of Tolstoy, drawing on years of personal friendship and firsthand knowledge.
2 Audiobooks
The Life of Tolstoy: First Fifty Years Fifth Edition
by Aylmer Maude
The authorized life of Marie C. Stopes
by Aylmer Maude
About the author
After spending many years in Russia, he became deeply involved in Russian language and culture and developed a close connection with Leo Tolstoy. Together with his wife, Louise Maude, he produced English translations of Tolstoy’s works that became widely known and respected.
He was more than a translator. He also wrote The Life of Tolstoy, a major biography shaped by personal acquaintance with the writer and long study of his life and ideas. That mix of friendship, literary skill, and careful observation made his work especially valuable to readers trying to understand Tolstoy in English.
Today he is remembered as an important bridge between Russian literature and English-speaking readers. His translations and writings helped shape how generations of readers first encountered Tolstoy.