A Spark Neglected Burns the House

by Leo Tolstoy

A Spark Neglected Burns the House
Leo Tolstoy, russian writer, master of realistic fiction and is widely considered one of the world's greatest novelist (1828-1910)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK
-02- A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Russia, Classics

14 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 8, 2015

About the author

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой; most appropriately used Liev Tolstoy; commonly Leo Tolstoy in Anglophone countries) was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction. Many consider Tolstoy to have been one of the world's greatest novelists. Tolstoy is equally known for his complicated and paradoxical persona and for his extreme moralistic and ascetic views, which he adopted after a moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became noted as a moral thinker and social reformer.

His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him in later life to become a fervent Christian anarchist and anarcho-pacifist. His ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You, were to have a profound impact on such pivotal twentieth-century figures as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reviews

[Elizabeth Dragina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well it was a neat lesson. Quite short and to the point.

[Melanie THEE Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

AKA Beef between neighbors gets out of hand.


"Ah, lad! It’s you that don’t see; malice blinds you. Others’ sins are before your eyes, but your own are behind your back. “He’s acted badly!” What a thing to say! If he were the only one to act badly, how could strife exist? Is strife among men ever bred by one alone? Strife is always between two. His badness you see, but your own you don’t."

[Anand Chauhan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Others' sins are before your eyes, but your own are behind your back.

Hide another man's sin and God will forgive two of yours!

Strife is always between two.

If you get a slap, turn the other cheek.

[Suzanne Abou Reslan · Rating 4 out of 5]

هنا في هذه الرواية الجميلة يرينا ليو كيف يمكن لسبب خفيف ان يسبب دماراً شاملاً!
هل سمعت تأثير الفراشة؟ هذا ما دار في ذهني عند قراءة الرواية.
هنا نشاهد الخلافات التي لا تتوقف، رغبتنا في ان ينتهي كل ذلك ومحاولتنا لإنهائه وعقد السلام، لكن لأفكارنا الشيطانية رأي آخر، ولماذا إنهاء هذا؟؟ دعنا ننتصر اولاً!
لكن للاسف سندرك لاحقاً أننا لم نربح، بل خسرنا الحرب وخسرنا ما حولنا!
انصح بقراءتها

[Mr. Jason Bourne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I believe this was one recommended from school, an early read helps a long way .. a must

[Appu · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fable about the need for forgiveness and the harm done by nursing a malice. Beautifully written, it is a story for all ages.

[Shaimaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could be told to children; the lesson is very concisely and explicitly put.

[Jahnavi]

A story written simply with such an important lesson for everyone.

[Pasan Mendis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tolstoys way of presenting do really make people change towards good.

[Forked Radish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Father Tolstoy preaches a sermon about how a paltry poultry affair sparks a conflagration.

[حمده الشامسية · Rating 5 out of 5]

بسبب بيضة، تشتعل نيران الخلاف بين عائلتين لتشمل القرية بكاملها، وضاعت حيوات بسبب الخلافات والكره.

قصة أخرى جميلة تملأها العبر يتحفنا بها تولستوي

[Joe Reeve]

Love a good parable. Great peace literature.