The book "A Practical Life: Beethoven—Miguel Angel—Tolstoy" by the French writer Romain Rolland is a unique collection of biographies of three outstanding figures: the unsurpassed composer Ludwig van Beethoven, the outstanding Italian sculptor Miguel Angel, and the outstanding Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. The author describes in detail the life path of each of the geniuses, revealing important stages of their career, creativity, and relationships with others. The book is a rather large literary work, which offers the reader not only dry facts, but also an in-depth feeling of each character, insights into his temperament and soul. "Practical life: Beethoven-Miguel Angel-Tolstoy" is a book that will impress with its depth and reveal the secrets of the work of great artists.