| Collected Shorter Fiction of Leo Tolstoy, Volume I: Introduction by John Bayley Contributor(s): Tolstoy, Leo (Author), Maude, Alymer (Translator), Maude, Louise (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0375411720 ISBN-13: 9780375411724 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: Written over a period of more than half a century, these stories reflect every aspect of Tolstoy's art and personality. They cover his experiences as a soldier in the Caucasus, his married life, his passionate interest in the peasantry, his cult of truth adn simplicity, and, above all, his growing preoccupation with religion. Ranging in scope from novellas like "The Kreutzer Sonata and "Hadji Murad to folk-tales only a few pages long, they provide a marvelous opportunity to become closely acquainted with Russia's great novelist. Aylmer and Louise Maude's classic translations are supplemented by new translations by Nigel J. Cooper of six stories, including two that have never before appeared in English. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00053487 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.57" H x 5.36" W x 8.26" (1.64 lbs) 848 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written over a period of more than half a century, Leo Tolstoy's stories reflect every aspect of his art and personality. They cover his experiences as a soldier in the Caucasus, his married life, his passionate interest in the peasantry, his cult of truth and simplicity, and his growing preoccupation with religion. The stories in Volume 1 of the Collected Shorter Fiction date from the period in which the young Tolstoy wrote Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Ranging from brief, masterfully sketches of military life such as "The Wood-Felling" to novellas like Family Happiness, an uneasy imagining of the idyllic possibilities of marriage by the not-yet-married writer, all feature Tolstoy's characteristically lavish deployment of detail, shrewd observation, and imaginative power. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude |