Tolstoy: 707 books

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. It is said that if you haven't read the great Russian playwrights and authors...

Today, Leo Tolstoy is best remembered for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina, both epic, sweeping works that unfold on a grand scale. But Tolstoy also dabbled in short-form fiction, and the results are similarly remarkable. This volume brings together a number of Tolstoy's shorter pieces, including "A Russian Proprietor" and "The Three Deaths."

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 of truth and simplicity, and his growing preoccupation...

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), often...

The enduring genius of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky shines through in this special eBook collection that includes four classic Russian novels—each one recognized as a masterpiece of world literature.   ANNA KARENINA ** ** “One of the greatest love stories in world literature.”—Vladimir...

My Religion by Leo Tolstoy - translated by Huntington Smith. Includes: -- NCX Navigation with links to all chapters and sections. -- Interactive Table of Contents. Leo Tolstoy, in his later years, formulated a unique Christian philosophy based upon the teachings of Jesus, and rejected...

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 tales in this collection exhibits the rich detail,...

One of the world's greatest novelists, Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) also wrote numerous excellent short stories, three of which are contained in this volume. "The Kreutzer Sonata" (1891) is a penetrating study of jealousy as well as a splenetic complaint about the way in which society educates...

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 tales in this collection exhibits the rich detail,...

One of Tolstoy’s last published works of fiction, The Devil revolves around the young landowner Yevgeny’s 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 an end to his encounters with Stepanida,...

A man boards a train: the confined space of the carriage triggers potent memories. Soon he is confessing to a terrible crime, one for which he holds Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata responsible. ‘Nancy Harris’s English adaptation combines icy precision with mordant wit…’ - Charles Spencer,...

Savaş ve Barış ve Anna Karenina gibi gerçekçi kurgunun zirvesinde eserler ortaya koyan, Rus edebiyatının en ünlü yazarlarından Tolstoy'un iç dünyasına bir yolculuk olan İtiraflarım, ünlü yazarın yıllar süren arayışını konu alıyor. Maddi başarısı ve sosyal konumuna...

What Men Live By and Other Tales contains four short stories by Leo Tolstoy. This collection of stories was originally published in 1885 and as well as “What Men Live By” also includes “The Three Questions“, “The Coffee-House of Surat”, and “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” The stories...

We know of no better introduction to the spiritual vision of one of the greatest writers of all time. This anthology vividly reveals – as none of his novels, novellas, short stories, plays, or essays could on its own – the great Russian novelist’s fascination with the life and teachings of Jesus...