Master and Man and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
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The stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades-experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humor and compassion. "The Two Hussars," inspired by his time in the army, contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Illustrating Tolstoy's belief that art must serve a moral purpose, "What Men Live By" portrays an angel sent to earth to learn three existential rules of life. And in the deeply moving "Master and Man," a mercenary merchant travels with his unprotesting servant through a blizzard to close a business deal-little realizing he may soon have to settle accounts with his maker.
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Text: English, Russian (translation)
Master and Man and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
Master and Man and Other Stories (Penguin Classics),Leo Tolstoy,Paul Foote,Penguin Classics,0140443312,1828-1910,Fiction,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Short Stories (single author),Tolstoy, Leo,,Translations into English,graf,,19th century fiction,Classic fiction,Fiction / Literary,Short stories,Tolstoy, Leo
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