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Twenty-three Tales
Twenty-three Tales
Twenty-three Tales
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'Twenty-three Tales' is a collection of short stories by the famed Russian author and moralist Leo Tolstoy. According to its publisher, Oxford University Press, the collection is about contemporary classes in Russia during Tolstoy's time, written in a brief, morality-tale style. It was translated to English by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude. It features some of his well-known stories such as, 'What Men Live By', 'Where Love Is, God Is', 'The Story of Ivan the Fool' and 'Repentance' among others.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDigiCat
Release dateJul 21, 2022
ISBN8596547103714
Twenty-three Tales
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Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in Tula, near Moscow. His parents, who both died when he was young, belonged to the Russian nobility, and to the end of his life Tolstoy remained conscious of his aristocratic status. His novels, ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Anna Karenina’ are literary classics and he is revered as one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. He died in 1910 at the age of 82.

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    Twenty-three Tales - Leo Tolstoy

    Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

    Twenty-three Tales

    EAN 8596547103714

    DigiCat, 2022

    Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

    Table of Contents

    PREFACE

    GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS

    A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS

    THE BEAR-HUNT

    WHAT MEN LIVE BY (1881)

    A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE (1885)

    TWO OLD MEN (1885)

    WHERE LOVE IS, GOD IS (1885)

    THE STORY OF IVÁN THE FOOL (1883)

    EVIL ALLURES, BUT GOOD ENDURES

    LITTLE GIRLS WISER THAN MEN

    ILYÁS

    THE THREE HERMITS (1886)

    THE IMP AND THE CRUST (1886)

    HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED? (1886)

    A GRAIN AS BIG AS A HEN'S EGG (1886)

    THE GODSON (1886)

    THE REPENTANT SINNER (1886)

    THE EMPTY DRUM (1891)

    THE COFFEE-HOUSE OF SURAT (1893)

    TOO DEAR (1897)

    ESARHADDON, KING OF ASSYRIA

    WORK, DEATH AND SICKNESS

    THREE QUESTIONS

    LIST OF RUSSIAN WORDS, CUSTOMS, &c. EXPLAINED IN FOOT-NOTES

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