The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy

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 to fill many volumes. The seven parts into which this book is divided include ‘God Sees the Truth, but Waits’ and ‘A Prisoner in the Caucasus’ which Tolstoy himself considered as his best. ‘How Much Land Does a Man Need?’ depicting the greed of a peasant for land; the most brilliantly told parable, ‘Ivan the Fool’–these are all contained in this volume. The book includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. CONTENTS: PART 1 : FOLK-TALES RETOLD 1. The Godson 2. The Empty Drum 3. How Much Land does a Man Need? 4. The Repentant Sinner 5. The Three Hermits 6. A Grain as Big as a Hen’s Egg 7. The Imp and the Crust PART 2 : ADAPTATIONS FROM THE FRENCH 8. Too Dear! 9. The Coffee-House of Surat PART 3 : TALES FOR CHILDREN 10. A Prisoner in the Caucasus 11. The Bear-Hunt 12. God Sees the Truth, but Waits PART 4 : A FAIRY TALE 13. The Story of Ivan the Fool PART 5 : STORIES GIVEN TO AID THE PERSECUTED JEWS 14. Work, Death and Sickness 15. Esarhaddon, King of Assyria 16. Three Questions PART 6 : STORIES WRITTEN TO PICTURES 17. Ilyas 18. Evil Allures, but Good Endures 19. Little Girls Wiser than Men PART 7 : POPULAR STORIES 20. A Spark Neglected Burns the House 21. Two Old Men 22. Where Love is, God is 23. What Men Live by