Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated by Leo Tolstoy.."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, by award-winning editor Andrew Barger, 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 Tolstoy's relatives.
A Candle,
After the Dance,
Albert,
Alyosha the Pot,
An Old Acquaintance,
Does a Man Need Much Land?,
If You Neglect the Fire You Don't Put It Out,
Khodinka: An Incident of the Coronation of Nicholas II,
Lucerne,
Memoirs of a Lunatic,
My Dream,
Recollections of a Scorer,
The Empty Drum,
The Long Exile,
The Posthumous Papers of the Hermit Fedor Kusmich,
The Young Tsar,
There Are No Guilty People,
Three Deaths,
Two Old Men, and
What Men Live By.
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