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In this collection, "How Much Land Does a Man Need? And Other Stories," Russian born Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) demonstrates his varied subject matter and style in his shorter fiction. In the title piece, "How Much Land Does a Man Need?," Tolstoy explores this very question through the story of a peasant with an increasing appetite for land. In "What Men Live By," the humble shoemaker Simon sets out to collect money to pay for new coats for the family....
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A Unique Translation of the Collection of Inimitable Stories by Leo Tolstoy, One of the World's Most Renowned Authors.
"What Men Live By and Other Tales" compiles tales that handle intricate philosophical issues in a simple and engaging way to incite the mind. In "What Men Live By" you'll encounter a kind and humble shoemaker, Simon, who, one day, goes out to buy sheep-skins to sew a winter coat for his wife and himself to share. Unable to collect...
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In this short story, a land owner named Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to the house of the owner of a forest. He is impatient and wishes to get to the town more quickly 'for business' (purchasing the forest before other contenders can get there). They find themselves in the middle of a blizzard, but the master in his avarice wishes to press on. They eventually get lost off the road and they...
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"Walk in the Light and Twenty-Three Tales" is a collection of religious tales and parables by the famed Russian author Leo Tolstoy, regarded by many as one of the world's greatest authors. In addition to his most well-known novels "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina," which are regarded as the epitomes of realist fiction, Tolstoy was also a prolific writer of short stories and non-fiction. In the middle of his life, the author underwent a profound...
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In addition to his towering novels, Tolstoy also triumphed with shorter works. Included in this collection are tales based on the author's personal military experience: "The Invaders," "The Wood-Cutting Expedition," "An Old Acquaintance," "Lost on the Steppe, or, The Snowstorm," and "Polikushka Kholstomer."
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The story follows unconventional love and marriage of a young girl, Masha aged 17, and the much older Sergey Mikhaylych , an old family friend. The story is narrated by Masha. After a courtship that has the trappings of a mere family friendship, Masha's love grows and expands until she can no longer contain it. She reveals it to Sergey Mikhaylych and discovers that he also is deeply in love.
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Wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable, this outstanding collection features highly acclaimed short stories by Tolstoy who is regarded as one of the greatest writers in history.
Among Russian writers, Leo Tolstoy is probably the best known to the Western world, largely because of War and Peace, his epic in prose, and Anna Karenina, one of the most splendid novels in any language. But during his long lifetime, Tolstoy also wrote enough shorter works...
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En 1854, Léon Tolstoï s'engagea dans l'armée et participa à la défense de Sébastopol en Crimée contre les troupes françaises et anglaises. De cette expérience militaire il tira trois récits de vie dans une ville assiégée, dans les tranchées sous les bombes, trois réflexions sur l'homme dans la guerre qui esquissent l'accomplissement que sera dix ans plus tard Guerre et Paix.
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Nadie dudará nunca que la extensa e incomparable obra del ruso Lev Tolstói, su impresionante legado literario, ha quedado grabado para la inmortalidad.
El autor de las eternas Guerra y Paz y de Anna Karenina pensaba que narrar era una manera de vida y un camino a la realización personal; las cosas sucedían y había que contarlas. Por eso escribió hasta el final de sus días novelas, cuentos y dramas en defensa de sus ideas. Sus temas son los...
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It is universally acknowledged that Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, was as much a master of the short story as of the full-length novel. This original collection, which features some of his most hard-to-find tales, will enchant longtime enthusiasts of Tolstoy's work as well as new readers. "The Forged Coupon" traces how an act of deception leads to both murder and redemption. "After the Dance" depicts an army deserter's punishment...
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Extrait: "Trois heures. La partie est engagée. La salle est pleine. Parmi les habitués il y a un grand, un prince, un monsieur à moustaches, un petit hussard acteur autrefois. Le grand joue avec le prince. Je tourne autour du billard et je compte: dix et quarante-huit ; douze et quarante-huit. On le sait, c'est la besogne d'un marqueur. Eh ! me dis-je, sale métier ! Tu n'as pas encore eu le temps d'avaler une bouchée depuis hier."
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