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, vivid narration, and startling truths that characterize Tolstoy's famous novels. Two unusual, intriguing short stores - "Three Deaths" and "The Three Hermits"...

Throughout the turbulent period of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the fortunes and futures of the prominent Bolkonsky, Rostov, Bezukhov, Kuragin, and Drubetskoy families are affected by their allegiances and alliances. Intertwining a historical account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia with the fictional lives of several prominent families, War and Peace tells the story of some of the most famous characters in literary history, including Natasha Rostova,...

A beautiful collection of stories for children. "So it is with you, if you live in peace, no one will overcome you, but if you quarrel, and are divided, any one will easily ruin you." In this book, Tolstoy retells the wonderful fables from Aesop, old Hindu tales and Russian shorts as well as legends that transcend borders and continents.

Nadie dudará nunca que la extensa e incomparable obra del ruso Lev Tolstói, su impresionante legado literario, ha quedado grabado para la inmortalidad. El autor de las eternas Guerra y Paz y de Anna Karenina pensaba que narrar era una manera de vida y un camino a la realización personal; las cosas sucedían y había que contarlas. Por eso escribió hasta el final de sus días novelas, cuentos y dramas en defensa de sus ideas. Sus temas son los...

"The Kreutzer Sonata" portrays an intense conflict between sexual desire and moral constraint. "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" is a simple, moving tale of peasant life with a moral lesson; the hero of "The Death of Ivan Ilych," after a lifetime of struggle, finds faith and love only as he faces death. Explanatory footnotes.

Atormentado por un desengaño amoroso, el príncipe Stepán Kasatski abandona el regimiento de la guardia del Zar Nicolái I e ingresa en un convento para hacerse monje con el nombre de Sergio. Lev Tolstói escribió esta novela entre 1890 y 1898, aunque no sería publicada hasta 1911, un año después de su muerte. El padre Sergio es una obra de madurez, una profunda reflexión psicológica donde analiza con un estilo directo y poderoso la sinceridad...

The Death of Ivan Illych and Other Stories, by Elizabeth Gaskell, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars • Biographies of...

An examination of the conflicts within and among nations, this treatise proposes a remedy based on true Christian doctrine: recognition of love as the supreme law of life. Written just before World War I, it articulates Tolstoy's famous dictum that it is morally superior to suffer violence than to do violence-a philosophy that has inspired Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and countless others. Famed for such popular novels as War and Peace and Anna...

"Hadji Murad" was Tolstoy's last novel. It is a narrative based on actual events that occurred during the Russian war with the Chechens in 1850's Russia. Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and saw first-hand the brutality of this war. Hadji Murad is the story of its central character. A soldier on the Chechen side who breaks ranks and flees to the side of the Russians. Months later Hadji returns to try and rescue his imprisoned family with tragic...