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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories is a collection of stories that emerged from a profound spiritual crisis, during which Leo Tolstoy believed that he had encountered death itself. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Anthony Briggs,... Read Full Overview

A vibrant translation of Tolstoy's most important short fiction by the award-winning translators of War and Peace . Here are eleven masterful stories from the mature author, some autobiographical, others moral parables, and all told with the evocative power that was Tolstoy's... Read Full Overview

"No one pitied him as he would have liked to be pitied."

Leo Tolstoy combined detailed physical description with perceptive psychological insight to sweep aside the sham of surface appearances and lay bare man's intimate gestures, acts, and thoughts. Murder and sacrifice...greed and devotion...lust and affection...vanity and love--one... Read Full Overview

This is a collection of three short stories by Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Cossacks and Happy Ever After. The volume includes an introduction discussing the stories' influences and contemporary reactions towards them.

This edition brings together Tolstoy's 1886 masterpiece and several shorter works that connect with it in thought-provoking ways. The stories are accompanied by a fascinating selection of contextual materials, including nineteenth-century reviews, excerpts from Tolstoy's letters... Read Full Overview

A collection of Tolstoy's short stories, including Master and Man, Family Happiness, and The Kreutzer Sonata..

Leo Tolstoy combined detailed physical description with perceptive psychological insight to sweep aside the sham of surface appearances and lay bare man s intimate gestures, acts, and thoughts. Murder and sacrifice greed and devotion lust and affection vanity and love one by... Read Full Overview

Leo Tolstoy combined detailed physical description with perceptive psychological insight to sweep aside the sham of surface appearances and lay bare man's intimate gestures, acts, and thoughts. Murder and sacrifice...greed and devotion...lust and affection...vanity and love --... Read Full Overview