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Some of the time i dont even agree with the point that tolstoy is making with his fiction and i still love the story for its beauty
Its conclusions are antilibertine and in places very strongly profeminist
The present volume is a tradesized paperback with the text simply photoenlarged from the original massmarket edition
The death of ivan ilych both begins and ends with the death of its title character
Packaging/appearance
He felt a certain discomfort and so he hurriedly crossed himself once more and turned and went out of the doortoo hurriedly
Cossacks was written 185262 while the others were written much later in the mid 1880s
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Tolstoy is premiere the russian writer for me
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Tolstoy was born on his fathers estate in central russia attended college and joined the military
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War and peace 186569 is generally thought to be one of the greatest and most complicated novels ever written including over 500 characters and a variety of historical details on the napoleonic wars
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Also there are other stories such as the emotional father sergius a story that was published later but was a favorite of tolstoy
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This volume contains 8 of tolstoys short novels and 1 of his shortshort tales
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The kreutzer sonata 1891 two strangers meet on a train and discuss what is wrong with peoples attitudes about sex
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This story is didactic—what would have been called an exemplum or exemplary tale during the middle ages and what aristotle would have classified as an instance of deliberative rhetoric
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The only work of fiction i know of thats comparable in its purpose and effect is herman melvilles great short novel bartleby the scrivener 1853