Master and Man and Other Stories Paperback / softback
by Leo Tolstoy
Paperback / softback
Description
The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades - experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion.
Inspired by his experiences in the army, 'The Two Hussars' contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son.
Illustrating Tolstoy's belief that art must serve a moral purpose, 'What Men Live By' portrays an angel sent to earth to learn three existential rules of life, and 'Two Old Men' shows a peasant abandoning his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in order to help his neighbours. And in the highly moving 'Master and Man', Tolstoy depicts a mercenary merchant travelling with his unprotesting servant through a blizzard to close a business deal - little realizing he may soon have to settle accounts with his maker.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:30/06/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780140449624
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Information
-
Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:30/06/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780140449624