Master and Man and Other Stories
Форматы книги
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Мягкая обложка 2 419руб.
Краткие характеристики книги
- Автор
- Leo Tolstoy, Hugh McLean
- Страниц
- 336
- Издательство
- Penguin Classics
- Язык
- английский
- Дата выхода на английском
- 30 июня 2005 г.
- ISBN
- 978-0-14-044962-4
- GTIN
- 9780140449624
- Вес, г
- 248
О книге
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.