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36 stories by one of the worlds literature masters, Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Synopsis
Russian novelist and philospher Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is best known for his monumental novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but his reputation as a master of short fiction is richly evident in this unparalleled anthology. Here, in the largest one-volume collection available, are 36 stories of war, intrigue, treachery, murder, moral turmoil, spiritual anguish, and occasional redemption. They include early stories like the famed Sevastopol tales of warfare and Lost on the Steppe; the tour de force novellas The Death of Ivan Ilyitch and The Kreutzer Sonata; as well as folk tales, parables, realistic tales, and many lesser-known gems.
Table of Contents
The invaders -- Recollections of a billiard-maker -- Sevastopol in December 1854 -- Sevastopol in May 1855 -- Sevastopol in August 1855 -- The wood-cutting expedition -- An old acquaintance -- Lost on the steppe -- Lucerne -- Albert -- Three deaths -- Desire stronger than necessity -- The long exile -- A prisoner in the Caucasus -- What men live by -- A candle -- The Devil's persistent, but God is resistant -- Ilyas -- Little girls wiser than their elders -- Neglect a fire and it spreads -- Skazka -- Two brothers and gold -- The two old men -- Where love is, there God is also -- The death of Ivan Ilyitch -- The godson -- How the little devil earned a crust of bread -- How much land does a man need? -- Kholstomer -- The repentant sinner -- A seed as big as a hen's egg -- The three hermits -- The kreutzer sonata -- The story of Yemilyan and the empty drum -- A dialogue among clever people -- Walk in the light while there is light.