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Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated
by
Leo Tolstoy,
Andrew Barger (Goodreads Author)
Leo Nikolaivich Tolstoy was born on September 9th, 1828, at his father's estate, Yasnaya Polyana. After publication of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina," Tolstoy became known as the finest Russian author of the nineteenth century. Before you are his 20 greatest short stories for the first time in one collection. They are filled with tales of love, war...more
Hardcover, 396 pages
Published
August 1st 2009
by Bottletree Books
(first published 2009)
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Repackaging the classics--it's a time-honored tradition of the publishing world. With every new edition, an inevitable, obligatory question arises: can it rival, or even supplant, the current go-to volume (which, in this case, just so happens to be Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy, the standard work for both students of Russian literature and bargain hunters alike)? As for Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories, the short answer is that it most assuredly does not. Barger's annotations are rarel...more
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I was able to win this book from Goodreads First Reads contest, which was fantastic. It was a new edition, signed by the author. Unfortunately, the book had some problems structurally that did not allow full enjoyment.
I am unfamiliar with Tolstoy's short stories so can not speak to this being the "greatest" of them. They were definitely varied in theme and setting, but class and religion were common themes and some reminded me of Catholic parables and fables that I had r...more
I am unfamiliar with Tolstoy's short stories so can not speak to this being the "greatest" of them. They were definitely varied in theme and setting, but class and religion were common themes and some reminded me of Catholic parables and fables that I had r...more
I have to admit that I prefer Tolstoy's novels to short stories. This collection, however, would be of interest to any Russian literature scholars as it contains a wealth of biographical information about Tolstoy and his family. There are copious footnotes, helpful in translating those pesky Russian words (perhaps too copious - I'm thinking most readers don't need words like "puce" defined for them).
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also: Lew Tolstoj, Lew Tolstoi, Leon Tolstoi, Leo Tolstoi
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й), commonly referred to in English as Leo (Lyof, Lyoff) Tolstoy, was a Russian writer – novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher – as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influential member of the aristocratic Tolstoy f...more
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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й), commonly referred to in English as Leo (Lyof, Lyoff) Tolstoy, was a Russian writer – novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher – as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influential member of the aristocratic Tolstoy f...more
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