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The devil and other stories / Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude ; revised, with an introduction and notes, by Richard F. Gustafson.
Van Pelt Library PG3366.A13 M3 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford world's classics
- 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:
- xxxv, 296 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Russian.
- Summary:
- This collection of eleven stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. While each is unique in form, as a group they are representative of his style, and touch on the central themes that surface in War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Stories as different as 'The Snowstorm', 'Lucerne', 'The Diary of a Madman', and 'The Devil' are grounded in autobiographical experience. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious questioning that characterizes Tolstoy's works of criticism and philosophy. 'Strider' and 'Father Sergy', as well as reflecting Tolstoy's own experiences, also reveal profound psychological insights. These stories range over much of the Russian world of the nineteenth century, from the nobility to the peasantry, the military to the clergy, from merchants and cobblers to a horse and a tree. Together they present a fascinating picture of Tolstoy's skill and artistry.
- Contents:
- The snowstorm
- Lucerne
- Three deaths
- Polikushka
- Strider : the story of a horse
- God sees the truth, but waits
- The notes of a madman
- Where love is, God is
- The devil
- Father Sergy
- After the ball.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0192839268
- OCLC:
- 51266160
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