Leo Tolstoy
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Lew Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi, deutsch häufig auch Leo Tolstoi (1828-1910), war ein russischer Schriftsteller. Seine Hauptwerke "Krieg und Frieden" und "Anna Karenina" sind Klassiker des realistischen Romans, die seinen literarischen Ruhm begründeten....
62) Le Faux Coupon
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Écrit en 1904, mais publié de façon posthume en 1911, Le Faux Coupon est une des dernières œuvres de Léon Tolstoï.
Deux lycéens, pour payer une dette, commettent un faux. Passant de main en main, celui-ci va semer le malheur mais aussi la rédemption. En montrant l'enchaînement terrible des actes humains et de leurs conséquences, Tolstoï donne à son récit l'intemporalité des paraboles bibliques.
Traduction et préface de Pierre Skorov,...
63) Three Deaths
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"Three Deaths" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1859. It narrates the deaths of three subjects: a noblewoman, a coachman and a tree.
64) The Empty Drum
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"The Empty Drum" is a short story by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. A man took a woman for his wife that the king of the country had an eye on. So the king decided to overwork the man till he died so he could then marry his wife. But each time the man completed his task on time. Even when the tasks were impossible like building a cathedral in a day or a river with ships in it by nightfall his wife assured him it would be done and it was as she said....
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El joven Delessov asiste a una fiesta con sus compañeros. Comienza a aburrirse, hasta que hace entrada en la sala un hombre mal vestido y descuidado. Se llama Alberto, y es músico. Su mirada resulta extraña, y cuando toca el violín se transforma, haciendo experimentar sensaciones nuevas a quienes lo escuchan. Delessov se plantea ser su protector, sin valorar bien las consecuencias de su decisión.
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The slaves praise their master praise for his kindness. One amongst them lays a wager that if he is provoked, their master will lose his temper and prove himself just as evil as any other master. When a trusted slave deliberately angers his master, he does an amazing thing. Tempted by anger, a good man upholds his virtue.
67) Stories for Children: Fables, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales
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"Stories for Children" by Leo graf Tolstoy (translated by Leo Wiener). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices....
68) A Prisoner
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An officer by the name of Jilin served in the army in the Caucasus. One day he received a letter from home. It was from his mother, who wrote, 'I am getting old now, and I want to see my beloved son before I die. Come and say good-bye to me, and when you have buried me, with God's grace, you can return to the Army. I have found a nice girl for you to marry; she is clever and pretty, and has some property of her own. If you like her perhaps you will...
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"A Prisoner in the Caucasus" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1870. An officer with the name of Zhilin is serving in the army. One day he receives a letter from home. It is from his mother who asks him to come home because she has found a girl for him. He obtains a leave of absence and his adventure begins. It was a time of war with the Tartars in the Caucasus...
71) Ilyás
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"Ilyás" is a short story by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. In this tale contrasting opulence with happiness, Tolstoy shows readers once again how dedicated he is to the Christian religion and how strongly he believes in it. The story is set up so, at the end, we are taught the moral that it is better to be happy than rich, as evidenced by Ilyas's contentedness as a servant and his displeasure as the wealthiest man in the area...
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"Where Love Is, God Is" is a short story about a shoemaker named Martin Avdeitch. The story begins with a background on Martin's life. He was a fine cobbler as he did his work well and never promised to do something that he could not do. He stayed busy with his work in his basement that had only one window. Through this window he could see only the feet of people. He was still able to recognise most people by their shoes as he had worked with most...
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The Power of Darkness (1886) is a play by Leo Tolstoy. Forbidden for decades in Tolstoy's native Russia, the five-act play was first, staged in Paris, where it earned praise from some of France's leading critics. Noted for its brutal depiction of violence and desperation, the play is concerned with the universal religious and philosophical themes that inspired such masterpieces as War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Peasant life is often,...
75) After the Dance
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"After The Dance" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy. The main character Ivan sets out to prove that it is all by chance. Yet in the end, he seems to prove that it is by environment.
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In the town of Vladímir lived a young merchant named Iván Dmítritch Aksyónof. He had two shops and a house of his own. Aksyónof was a handsome, fair-haired, curly-headed fellow, full of fun, and very fond of singing. When quite a young man he had been given to drink, and was riotous when he had had too much, but after he married he gave up drinking, except now and then.
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A beautiful collection of stories for children. "So it is with you, if you live in peace, no one will overcome you, but if you quarrel, and are divided, any one will easily ruin you." In this book, Tolstoy retells the wonderful fables from Aesop, old Hindu tales and Russian shorts as well as legends that transcend borders and continents.
78) Three Questions
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The story takes the form of a parable, and it concerns a king who wants to find the answers to what he considers the three most important questions in life. When is the best time to do each thing? Who are the most important people to work with? What is the most important thing to do at all times?
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Este volumen está compuesta por cuatros relatos de Lev N. Tolstói: Relatos de Sebastopol (1855), El prisionero del Cáucaso (1872), Después del baile y Hadzhí Murat, de 1903, en los que la experiencia vital del autor es clave para trasladar una base histórica desde la que vehicular el mensaje pacifista que reina en toda su obra, donde el sufrimiento se reparte desigualmente entre las clases sociales que componen el ejército zarista. Los Relatos...
80) Alyosha the Pot
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"Alyosha the Pot" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy and a masterpiece of rare perfection. Alyosha, a young child who lives in a village and obtained the nickname "the Pot" from an incident where he broke a pot in his youth, is sent to live with a merchant's family as a servant. He falls in love with Ustinja, a young girl who cooks for the merchant's family. Eventually he asks Ustinja to marry him, but his father scolds him and tells him that marriage...