Collected Shorter Fiction Volume Two
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Collected Shorter Fiction Volume Two
By (Author) Leo Tolstoy
Introduction by John Bayley
Translated by Nigel J Cooper
Translated by Aylmer Maude
Translated by Louise Maude
Everyman
Everyman's Library
2nd September 2025
26th October 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Short stories
891.733
Physical Properties
Hardback
1008
Width 135mm, Height 212mm, Spine 45mm
888g
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 2 reveals how these spiritual intimations flowered into a series of extraordinary late masterpieces which equal anything in the earlier novels for intensity and power. Readers of The Death of Ivan Ilych, The Kreutzer Sonata, Father Sergius, Master and Man and Hadji Murad will recognize the brilliant younger novelist, now transfigured by his passionate quest for salvation and forgiveness.
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.
