Collected Shorter Fiction
- ISBN-10
- 0375411720
- ISBN-13
- 9780375411724
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 848
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Author
- Leo Tolstoy
Description
Collects Tolstoy's shorter fiction, offering insight into his life as a soldier, married life, interest in peasantry, belief in truth and simplicity, and interest in religion.
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