| Family Happiness: Stories Contributor(s): Tolstoy, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061773735 ISBN-13: 9780061773730 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: Widely considered one of the greatest of all Russian writers, Leo Tolstoy is best known to the Western world as the author of two monumental novels: the splendid and tragic tale "Anna Karenina" and the epic saga "War and Peace." But the shorter works Tolstoy created during his long, prolific lifetime can fill many volumes. Presented here are brilliant examples of his shorter work--such as "Master and Man," "Al-yosha the Pot," and the title story--that are testaments to the literary genius of this incomparable artist. Bonus story |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Harper Perennial Classic Stories |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 7" (0.40 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is probably best known to the Western world for his epic WAR AND PEACE and splendid ANNA KARENINA, but during his long lifetime Tolstoy also wrote enough shorter works to fill many volumes. Reprinted here are two of his finest short novels -- FAMILY HAPPINESS and MASTER AND MAN -- and one short story -- ALYOSHA THE POT Alongside FAMILY HAPPINESS, Harper Perennial will publish the short fiction of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Herman Melville, Willa Cather, Stephen Crane, and Oscar Wilde to be packaged in a beautifully designed, boldly colorful boxset in the aim to attract contemporary fans of short fiction to these revered masters of the form. Also, in each of these selections will appear a story from one of the new collections being published in the "Summer of the Short Story." |
Contributor Bio(s): Tolstoy, Leo: - Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is the author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, and other classics of Russian literature. |