This volume contains Tales for Children, including -God Sees the Truth, but Waits, - -A Prisoner in the Caucasus, - and -The Bear-Hunt-; Popular Stories including, -What Men Live By, - -A Spark Neglected Burns the House, - -Two Old Men, - and -Where Love Is, God Is-; a Fairy Tale, -The Story of Ivan the Fool-; stories written to pictures, including -Evil Allures, but Good Endures, - -Little Girls Wiser Than Men, - and -Elias-; folktales retold, including -The Three Hermits, - -The Imp and the Crust, - -How Much Land Does a Man Need?, - -A Grain as Big as a Hen's Egg, - -The Godson, - -The...
This volume contains Tales for Children, including -God Sees the Truth, but Waits, - -A Prisoner in the Caucasus, - and -The Bear-Hunt-; Popular St...
Childhood (Detstvo) appeared in 1852 and was Lev Tolstoy's first published work. Together with Boyhood (Otrochestvo) and Youth (Iunost') it forms a trilogy which, though fictional, is deeply rooted in Tolstoy's autobiography. As the first-person narrator grows out of childish innocence, he develops a growing awareness of the degree of deception inherent in adult behaviour and the extent to which he himself is increasingly capable of deception. Remarkable in its own right for its clear-sighted portrayal of the child's world, the work also contains in embryo themes which...
Childhood (Detstvo) appeared in 1852 and was Lev Tolstoy's first published work. Together with Boyhood (Otrochestvo) and Youth (Iu...
Both critics and admirers of Tolstoy's great novel were shocked by the savage iconoclasm of his What is Art? when it appeared in 1898. How was it that this great artist could condemn the works of Shakespeare, Raphael, Beethoven and even his own Anna Karenina as 'false art'? Today's reader still has to grapple with that paradox. The essay still has power to challenge and provoke, for it was written by a giant who took art seriously while western civilisation toyed with it as a mere pastime. For Tolstoy, art was as natural and as necessary for humankind as speech.
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Both critics and admirers of Tolstoy's great novel were shocked by the savage iconoclasm of his What is Art? when it appeared in 1898. How w...
IVAN ILYCH AND HADJI MURAD by LEO TOLSTOY. Originally published in 1935.Contents include: INTRODUCTION. By AYLMER MAUDE . . vii THE DEATH OF IVAN IL CH. 1886 . . i MASTER AND MAN. 1893 . . .74 A TALK AMONG LEISURED PEOPLE. 1893 . 138 WALK IN THE LIGHT WHILE THERE IS LIGHT. i . . . . .143 MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN, ea. 1884 . .210 LIST OF TARTAR WORDS IN HADJI MURAD . 226 HADJI MURAD. ca. iSgGfi and 1901 4 . . 227 FfcDOR KUZMlCH. 1905 . . . . 385. PREFACE: THE Death of Ivan Ilych is one of Tolstoys best JL stories. After the completion of Anna Kartnina he was so preoccupied with religious problems...
IVAN ILYCH AND HADJI MURAD by LEO TOLSTOY. Originally published in 1935.Contents include: INTRODUCTION. By AYLMER MAUDE . . vii THE DEATH OF IVAN IL C...
'Resurrection is one of the most beautiful poems of human compassion perhaps the most truthful ever written.. I see through its pages those bright eyes of Tolstoy's... "the look that goes straight to the heart," and in each heart sees its God." Romain Rolland
'Resurrection is one of the most beautiful poems of human compassion perhaps the most truthful ever written.. I see through its pages those bright eye...
1910: Anna Karenina and War and Peace have made Leo Tolstoy the world's most famous author. But fame comes at a price. In the tumultuous final year of his life, Tolstoy is desperate to find respite, so leaves his large family and the hounding press behind and heads into the wilderness. Too ill to venture beyond the tiny station of Astapovo, he believes his last days will pass in isolation. But as we learn through the journals of those closest to him, the battle for Tolstoy's soul will not be a peaceful one. Jay Parini introduces, translates and edits this collection of Tolstoy's...
1910: Anna Karenina and War and Peace have made Leo Tolstoy the world's most famous author. But fame comes at a price. In the tumultuous...
"Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" branded Tolstoy as one of the greatest writers in modern history. Few, however, have read his wonderful short stories. Now, in one collection, are the 20 greatest short stories of Leo Tolstoy, which give a snapshot of Russia and its people in the late nineteenth century. A fine introduction is given by Andrew Barger. Annotations are included of difficult Russian terms. There is also a Tolstoy biography at the start of the book with photos of Tolstoys relatives. The stories include: A Candle, After the Dance, Albert, Alyosha the Pot, An Old Acquaintance,...
"Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" branded Tolstoy as one of the greatest writers in modern history. Few, however, have read his wonderful short stor...
Leo Tolstoy had a profound influence on people through out the Western world. Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher. Tolstoy was a member of the aristocratic Tolstoy family. He was known as an educational reformer, pacifist and Christian anarchist. His masterpiece War and Peace made him one of the world's greatest novelists. His ability to depict life in 19th century Russia made him a leader in realist fiction. Tolstoy's stand on nonviolent resistance influenced twentieth century people such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Ghandi. A landowner named Vasili...
Leo Tolstoy had a profound influence on people through out the Western world. Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher....
