Master and Man and Other Stories
Book formats
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Paperback 2 419руб.
Book short specifications
- Author
- Leo Tolstoy, Hugh McLean
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Language
- english
- Release date
- June 30, 2005
- ISBN
- 978-0-14-044962-4
- GTIN
- 9780140449624
- Weight, g
- 248
About
The ten 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 humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, 'The Two Hussars' 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 'Two Old Men' shows a peasant abandoning his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in order to help his neighbours. And in the highly moving 'Master and Man', Tolstoy depicts a mercenary merchant travelling with his unprotesting servant through a blizzard to close a business deal — little realizing he may soon have to settle accounts with his maker.