Collected Shorter Fiction Volume 1
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Collected Shorter Fiction Volume 1
By (Author) Leo Tolstoy
Introduction by John Oliver Bayley
Translated by Louise Maude
Translated by Aylmer Maude
Introduction by John Bayley
Everyman
Everyman's Library
2nd September 2025
26th October 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Short stories
891.733
Physical Properties
Hardback
848
Width 136mm, Height 212mm, Spine 40mm
752g
Description
Written over a period of more than half a century, Tolstoy's enchanting short stories and novellas reflect every aspect of his developing art and outlook. Volume 1 of the Everyman Collected Shorter Fiction is dominated by the characteristic experiences of his early life as soldier, land-owner, husband and father, the life which shaped Anna Karenina and War and Peace. It also includes several short fables which point to his later preoccupation with the religious life.
Author Bio
Leo Tolstoy was born in central Russia on 9 September 1828. In 1852 he published his first work, the autobiographical Childhood. He served in the army during the Crimean War and his Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6) are based on his experiences. His two most popular masterpieces are War and Peace (1864-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-8). He died in 1910.
