Collected shorter fiction / Leo Tolstoy ; translated from the Russian by Louise and Aylmer Maude and Nigel J. Cooper ; with an introduction by John Bayley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938.

Cooper, Nigel J.

Series:

Everyman's library ; 243.

Everyman's library ; 243

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Translations into English.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2001.

Summary:

Written over a period of more than half a century, these stories reflect every aspect of Tolstoy's art and personality. They cover his experiences as a solder in the Caucasus, his married life, his passionate interest in the peasantry, his cult of truth and simplicity, and, above all, his growing preoccupation with religion. Ranging in scope from mini-novels like The Kreutzer Sonata and Hadji Murad to tiny folktales a few pages long, they provide a marvelous opportunity to become closely acquainted with a writer whose major novels some people find daunting.

Aylmer and Louise Maude's classic translations are supplemented by new translations by Nigel J. Cooper of six stories, two early and four late, two of which have never before appeared in English. The new stories are accompanied by a translator's preface.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0375411720

0375412875

OCLC:

45305030