Leo Tolstoy

• 1877
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Anna Karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses th...

• Jun-1959
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The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades - experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the a...

• Mar-1994
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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?,"...

• Jan-2001
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In the city lived the shoemaker, Martuin Avdyeitch. He lived in a basement, in a little room with one window. The window looked out on the street. Through the window he used to watch the people passing by; although only their feet could be seen, yet ...

• May-2001
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• Sep-2001
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Written over a period of more than half a century, Leo Tolstoy’s stories reflect every aspect of his art and personality. They cover his experiences as a soldier in the Caucasus, his married life, his passionate interest in the peasantry, his cult ...

• Sep-2001
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Ranging in scope from lengthy novellas to fables and folktales only a few pages long, Leo Tolstoy’s short fiction provides a marvelous opportunity to become closely acquainted with Russia’s great novelist. Volume 2 of the Collected Shorter Ficti...

• Oct-2001
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• Dec-2001
• / Fantasy
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Renowned Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy had an abiding interest in children and in children's literature. At the age of twenty-one, he started a school for peasant children on his family's estate, and after returning from a stint in the military, he fo...

• Aug-2002
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"In the Days of Serfdom" and Other Stories, originally published in 1911, presents in miniature themes developed in Tolstoy's longer works War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The compelling stories in this collection have largely been ignored by contemp...

• Dec-2002
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Six of the narratives included in the present volume are representative of Count Tolstoy's literary activity in the years 1856, 1857, and 1859; the first, which gives the volume its name, is of earlier date, having been written in 1852, the same year...

• Mar-2004
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You set in motion the spiritual revolution in Ghandi, and helped make him the man he was. Tolstoy was a powerful spiritual revolutionary. . . . he argues persuasively that the core teachings of Jesus have been lost to ...

• Apr-2004
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Leo Tolstoy's On the Significance of Science and Art is a compelling work by one of the world's most influential moral philosophers. Tolstoy critiques the art and science of the nineteenth century and asserts that they are based on coercion and viole...

• Sep-2004
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CONTENTS: The Kitten The Little Girl and the Mushrooms The Plum Stone The Bird The Liar Two Friends The Swans The Elephant The Sparrow and the Swallows The Eagle The Shark The Leap The Lion and the Dog...

• Jan-2006
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Tolstoy may have written some of the most expansive novels in all literature, but he also created wonderful short works, too. In a spectacularly illustrated volume that captures all the atmosphere of Tolstoy's Russia, Tolstoy scholar Donna Tussing Or...

• Dec-2006
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These stories -- by such Russian masters as Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Maxim Gorky, Nikolay V. Gogol, Anton Chekhov, Alexsandr S. Pushkin, Feodor Sologub, and Leonid Andreyev -- were collected and published in English in the ye...

• Sep-2007
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This volume presents two dramatic works of the sage of Yasnya Poliana: "And a Light Shineth in the Darkness" and "The Living Corpse." The first of these dramas was left incomplete in manuscript form. The first four acts, indeed, are carefully worked ...

• Oct-2007
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As a fiction writer, Leo Tolstoy (2838-2920) is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina." In their scope, breadth and realistic depiction of 19th-century Russ...

• Mar-2008
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Classic Russian short story. According to Wikipedia: "The story begins with the childhood and exceptional and accomplished youth of Prince Stepan Kasatsky. The young man is destined for great things. He discovers on the eve of his wedding that his fi...

• Mar-2008
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• Apr-2009
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Tolstoy wrote some of the most disquieting short stories the world has known -- these three are no exception. Here, the duels and duality of man and woman are played out in tortured -- and sometimes tragic -- drama. Above all, the characters featured...

• May-2009
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Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is probably best known to the Western world for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but during his long lifetime Tolstoy wrote numerous shorter works to fill many volumes. Included here are two of his finest sh...

• May-2009
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This collection of eleven stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious questioning that characterizes Tolstoy's criticism and philosophy. The stories range over m...

• Jun-2009
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Although best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy did not confine his literary talents to voluminous works. He was also a master of the short story and the long story -- the particularly Russian form known as povest'. Each of the...

• Aug-2009
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"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...

• Dec-2009
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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 b...

• Feb-2010
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• Feb-2010
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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influe...

• Feb-2010
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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, p...

• May-2010
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'Work while ye have the light,' is Tolstoy in teaching mode. The opening scene is an aristocratic dinner party, at which all the guests declare themselves dissatisfied with their dissolute and useless lives; but find a thousand different reasons why ...

• Jun-2010
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One of Tolstoy’s last works of fiction, The Devil revolves around the young landowner’s Yevgeny irrepressible lust for Stepanida, a sensual peasant woman. Even when he gets married to a respectable upper-class lady, he finds himself unable to put...

• Jun-2010
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Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), was a Russian writer widely regarded as among the greatest of novelists for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Tolstoy's further talents as essayist, dramatist, and educationa...

• Jun-2010
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Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), was a Russian writer widely regarded as among the greatest of novelists for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Tolstoy's further talents as essayist, dramatist, and educationa...

• Feb-2011
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Leo TolstoysThe Gospels in Brief (1881) is a daring attempt by Russias greatest novelist to rewrite "the greatest story ever told." This book appeared soon after the writer experienced a period of deep despair that led to a conversion in his personal...

• Sep-2011
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Papa Panov's Christmas wish is to worship the Christ Child and give Him the finest pair of shoes he's ever made. In a dream on Christmas Eve, he's promised that his wish will come true, but he must watch carefully. What follows is Papa Panov's most j...

• Nov-2011
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Leo Tolstoy (Lyof N. Tolstoi, 1828-1910) wrote works about his religious journey and beliefs that were banned in Russia when they were published. This volume contains My Confession, My Religion and The Gospel in Brief....

• Jan-2012
• / General Fiction
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"Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy" collects nine stories by the Russian born author (1828-1910). Most known for "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina," considered two of the greatest novels in world literature, Tolstoy also penned numerous novellas and ...

• Feb-2012
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• Mar-2012
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While living in Russia, Tolstoy operated a tiny school for the peasant children, where they could learn to read, write, and draw. He found that there were a lack of folktales and fables to read to the children so he created his own, which are now bro...

• Apr-2013
• / Literary
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Alexander Ivanovich Volgin, a bachelor and a clerk in a Moscow bank at a salary of eight thousand Rubels a year, a man much respected in his own set, was staying in a country-house. His host was a wealthy landowner, owning some twenty-five hundred ac...

• Apr-2013
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THE young Tsar had just ascended the throne. For five weeks he had worked without ceasing, in the way that Tsars are accustomed to work. He had been attending to reports, signing papers, receiving ambassadors and high officials who came to be present...

• Jun-2013
• / General Fiction
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The letter printed below is a translation of Tolstoy's letter written in Russian in reply to one from the Editor of Free Hindustan. After having passed from hand to hand, this letter at last came into my possession through a friend who asked me, as o...

• May-2014
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• Jun-2014
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CHARACTERS AKULINA. An old woman of seventy, brisk, dignified, old-fashioned. MICHAEL. Her son, thirty-five years old, passionate, self-satisfied, vain and strong. MARTHA. Her daughter-in-law, a grumbler, speaks much and rapidly. PARASHKA. Ten years ...

• Jun-2014
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• Jun-2014
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CHARACTERS A PEASANT. { WIFE. HIS { MOTHER. { GRANDFATHER. { LITTLE DAUGHTER. A NEIGHBOUR. FOUR VILLAGE ELDERS. OLD WOMEN, WOMEN, GIRLS AND LADS. THE CHIEF OF THE DEVILS. HIS SECRETARY. A DANDY IMP. THE OFFICIALS' IMP. THE PEASANTS' IMP. SENTINELS, D...

• Jun-2014
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• Jun-2014
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

• Jun-2014
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

• Sep-2014
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This Tolstoy anthology is edited by Andrew Barger, award winning editor of LEO TOLSTOY'S 20 GREATEST SHORT STORIES ANNOTATED. After reading "War & Peace," Fyodor Dostoevsky put the book down and said, "The fool hath said in heart there is no Go...

• Sep-2014
• / General Fiction
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Again war. Again sufferings, necessary to nobody, utterly uncalled for; again fraud; again the universal stupefaction and brutalization of men. Men who are separated from each other by thousands of miles, hundreds of thousands of such men (on the one...

• Nov-2014
• / Literary
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During his decades of world fame as a novelist, Tolstoy also wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. These works culminated in What is Art?, published in 1898. Impassioned and iconocla...

• Aug-2015
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• Jul-2017
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

• Jul-2022
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This masterful novel is a religious fable of sorts, written by the gifted Russian author Leo Tolstoy as a means of shedding light on the hypocrisy inherent in many aspects of organized religion in the nineteenth century. The book follows the plight o...

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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influe...

• / General Fiction
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...

• / General Fiction
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...

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Despite having written War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy, at the age of 51, looked back on his life and considered it a meaningless, regrettable failure. A Confession provides insight into the great Russian writer's movement from the pursu...

• / General Fiction
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"Here are some of Tolstoy''s extraordinary short stories, from ""The Death of Ivan Ilyich."" in a masterly new translation, to ""The Raid,"" ""The Wood-felling,"" ""Three Deaths,"" ""Polikushka,"" ""After the Ball,"" and ""The Forged Coupon,"" all gr...

• / Christian
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Divine and Human stands apart as both a landmark in literary history and master-piece of spiritual and ethical reflection. Suppressed in turn by the tzarist and Soviet regime, the tales contained in this book have, for the most part, never been publi...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influe...

• / General Fiction
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Classic Russian short stories, including The Forged Coupon, After the Dance, Alyosha the Pot, My Dream, There are No Guilty People, and the Young Tsar. According to Wikipedia: "As a fiction writer, Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of...

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Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite. Hadji Murad is a novel written by Leo Tolstoy about a rebel commander who ...

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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,�...

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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influe...

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Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly, no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love, the nine titles in the Penguin Grea...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

• / General Fiction
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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influe...

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Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Opinions about Tolstoy and his work differ, but on one point there surely might be unanimity. A writer of world-wide reputation should be at least allowed to know how to spell his own name. Why should any ...

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Strider: The Story of a Horse (1886) is a remarkable story by Russian novelist and philosopher Leo Tolstoy. The story is an interior monologue by a horse that contrasts the life of the noble horse with that of his selfish owner....

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influe...

• / Christian
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Leo Tolstoy's "Walk in the Light and Twenty-Three Tales" contains the religious parable "Walk in the Light While Ye Have Light", a story set in the ancient Roman Empire which tells the story of Pamphylius and his conversion to Christianity, as well a...

• / Literary
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"I don''t understand it; I don''t in the least understand why men can''t live without wars. How is it that we women don''t want anything of the kind, don''t need it?Tolstoy''s epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals d...

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In What to do? Leo Tolstoy discusses many burning issues of his society in a comprehensive and direct manner. His brilliant style of expression provoked deep thought in the minds of contemporary readers and still stimulates people to question their b...

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Youth (1856) is an autobiographical novel by Leo Tolstoy and is the third in his trilogy of novels that begins with Childhood and Boyhood. It is the story of the son of wealthy landlord who is slow in realising the differences and class distinctions ...

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The artistic work of Leo Tolstoy has been described as 'nothing less than one tremendous diary kept for over fifty years'. This particular 'diary' begins with Tolstoy's first published work, "Childhood", which was written when he was only twenty-thre...

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Tolstoy?s powerful semiautobiographical stories based on his time spent in the Russian army?the latest in our series of fresh new Tolstoy translations
In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army. The four years he sp...

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The Raid was Tolstoy's first novel. The Cossacks, is to enter the workshop of a great writer and thinker. In this book, Tolstoy explores the nature of courage itself. In the book, the hero is a young man-about-town who has squandered half his fortune...

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The Long Exile, And Other Stories. INTRODUCTION THE contents of the present volume illustrate Count Tolstors versatility to a remarkable degree. His stories for children are marked by the simplicity and sincerity that children demand. What could be m...

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

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"Sevastopol Sketches (Sebastopol Sketches)" is a collection of three works of historical fiction in which Tolstoy draws upon his real life experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol. The titular location draws its name from that of a city in ...

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Short, beautiful stories about one's existence. "God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him." A collection of short stories that ask profound questions and offer non-dogmatic hints to their answering. This boo...