Tolstoy's Short Fiction (Norton Critical Editions)

By Leo Tolstoy

Book Overview

This Norton Critical Edition presents twelve of Tolstoy's best-known stories, based on the Louise and Aylmer Maude translations (except "Alyosha Gorshok"), which have been revised by the editor for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393960161
• ISBN13: 9780393960167
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Length: 503 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Unexpectedly engaging & insightful

Tolstoy's genius, to me, lies in the ease with which he conveys complex human emotions and experience through hyperrealistic characters. This collection of short stories is no exception. While some stories leave the reader to do the legwork in terms of figuring out what he is trying to convey or what insight into Tolstoy's take on humanity the story contains, overall the works range from heavy war-involved stories to light "high tea with high society minutiae" stories. If you want an introduction to Leo without braving Anna Karenina or War & Peace, look no further. Also makes for amazing book club conversation.