First published in this revised and abridged edition by Alma Books, 2009. This English translation was first published in UK by J. Cape, 1985. Originally published in Russian, Moscow : Khudozhestvennaya Literatura, 1978.
The diaries of Sofia Tolstoy by S. A. Tolstai︠a︡. ISBN 9781846881022. Published by Alma in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.