ISBN Collected Shorter Fiction Boxed Set (2 Volumes) book English 1856 pages

Written over a period of more than half a century, Tolstoy’s enchanting short stories and novellas reflect every aspect of his developing art and outlook. Volume 1 of the EverymanCollected Shorter Fictionis dominated by the characteristic experiences of his early life as soldier, land-owner, husband and father, the life which shapedAnna KareninaandWar and Peace. It also includes several short fables which point to his later preoccupation with the religious life. Volume 2reveals how these spiritual intimations flowered into a series of extraordinary late masterpieces which equal anything in the earlier novels for intensity and power. Readers ofThe Death of Ivan Ilych,The Kreutzer Sonata,Father Sergius,Master and ManandHadji Muradwill recognize the brilliant younger novelist, now transfigured by his passionate quest for salvation and forgiveness.