"A Letter to a Hindu" by Leo Tolstoy is a letter written in 1908 in response to an Indian activist seeking support for independence from colonial rule. Tolstoy argues that only through the principle of love and nonviolent resistance could India gain freedom. The letter prompted young Mohandas Gandhi to reach out to Tolstoy for guidance, profoundly influencing Gandhi's philosophy of peaceful protest that would eventually lead to Indian independence in 1947. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Letter to a Hindu |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Letter_to_a_Hindu |
| Credits | Produced by Chetan Jain, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 46.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HM: Social sciences: Sociology |
| Subject | National characteristics, East Indian |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7176 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-07176-3 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Nov 26, 2012 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1519 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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