Tolstoy: 707 books

A trio of semi-autobiographical novels, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth portray a rich landowner’s son and his growing realization of the gulf between himself and his family’s peasants. Tolstoy’s childlike perspective, leavened with adult understanding, weaves a universal tale of the emotions, confusions,...

The Greatest Books of All Time Vol. 1 contains the following 10 Masterpieces : *Crime and Punishment - *Fyodor Dostoyevsky *Don Quixote - *Miguel de Cervantes *Hamlet - *William Shakespeare *Madame Bovary - *Gustave Flaubert *Moby-Dick - *Herman Melville *Pride and Prejudice - *Jane Austen *The...

To mark the publication of Stop What You're Doing and Read This!, a collection of essays celebrating reading, Vintage Classics are releasing 12 limited edition themed ebook 'bundles', to tempt readers to discover and rediscover great books. JANE EYRE As an orphan, Jane's childhood is not an...

"A Prisoner in the Caucasus" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1870. An officer with the name of Zhilin is serving in the army. One day he receives a letter from home. It is from his mother who asks him to come home because she has found a girl for him. He obtains a leave of absence and his adventure begins. It was a time of war with the Tartars in the Caucasus...

In this remarkable anthology, some of the world’s greatest writers provide a master class on the transformative power of learning and literature. Culled from a course developed by Pulitzer Prize—winning author Robert Coles for the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Teaching Stories is an invaluable...

This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Katherine...

"After The Dance" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy. The main character Ivan sets out to prove that it is all by chance. Yet in the end, he seems to prove that it is by environment.

The Chouans [Honoré de Balzac] An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge [Ambrose Bierce] One of Ours [Willa Cather] Ailsa Paige [Robert William Chambers] The Riddle of the Sands [Erskine Childers] The Duel [Joseph Conrad] The Tale [Joseph Conrad] The Deerslayer [James Fenimore Cooper] The Last of the Mohicans...

"Alyosha the Pot" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy and a masterpiece of rare perfection. Alyosha, a young child who lives in a village and obtained the nickname "the Pot" from an incident where he broke a pot in his youth, is sent to live with a merchant's family as a servant. He...

A short story from the Classic Shorts collection: Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy

The Best Short Stories - 3 AUTHORS Edgar Allan Poe, Kate Chopin, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Oscar Wilde, O. Henry, H. P. Lovecraft, Willa Cather , Leo Tolstoy , Sherwood Anderson , Vsevolod Garshin , Edited by Ahmet Ünal ÇAM  

This collection contains: THE QUEEN OF SPADES A.S. Pushkin THE CLOAK N.V. Gogol THE DISTRICT DOCTOR I.S. Turgenev THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING F.M. Dostoyevsky GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS L.N. Tolstoy HOW A MUZHIK FED TWO OFFICIALS M.Y. Saltykov THE SHADES, A PHANTASY V.G. Korolenko THE SIGNAL...

With ruthless criticism and dire satire on the authorities and state of affairs in the capital of Russia Leo Tolstoy has created another genius. Through the book he has succeeded in putting his ideas forward which awakened the nation from deep slumber. It is one of those very rare and thought-provoking books that stirred the nation and prepared them for the revolution.

The collection of works portrays the lust of man for wealth and power. The depths to which one can fall for achieving the basest aims of life are depicted in a precise manner. Tolstoy portrays an array of emotions in these stories and intellectual essays that instigate and inspire. The kaleidoscope of ideas leaves the readers enchanted.