Leo Tolstoy: 582 books

The Harvard Classics - Shelf of Fiction represents a specific selection of the greatest novels, novellas and short stories of seven national literatures, namely: English, American, French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Scandinavian. Table of Contents: Vols. 1 & 2: The History of Tom Jones by Henry...

Thomas Mann says that ANNA KARENINA is the greatest novel of society in world literature. This intriguing and provoking story of broken marital relations also presents in great detail Russian manners and customs under the old regime. The story is as real as life itself.More then a century has passed...

A Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Tolstoy was a master of realistic fiction and is widely considered one of the world's greatest novelists. He is best known for two long novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877).  The Kingdom of God Is Within You,...

"Work, Death, and Sickness" is a fascinating story by Russian author Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy written in 1903. The story takes the form of a parable about the creation of work, death, and sickness. Synopsis: When God first created man, he had no need to work, and he would always live to...

In this carefully constructed critical essay, written in 1894, Tolstoy admonishes a government that wages war by arousing patriotic fervor and a Church that supports such a government’s policies. His argument—that war and patriotism have nothing in common with the Christian principles of nonviolence and nonresistance—continues to resound today.

The story follows a separatist guerrilla Murat who falls out with his own commander and eventually sides with the Imperial Russian forces in hope of saving his family. Tolstoy collected material for this novel from events he witnessed while serving in the Caucasus, according to letters he wrote to his brother Sergei.

"Work, Death, and Sickness" is a fascinating story by Russian author Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy written in 1903. The story takes the form of a parable about the creation of work, death, and sickness. Synopsis: When God first created man, he had no need to work, and he would always live to...

A small collection of writings by Tolstoy, including: What Men Live By, Three Questions, The Coffee House of Surat, and How Much Land Does a Man Need?

"The Cossacks" is believed to be somewhat autobiographical, partially based on Tolstoy's experiences in the Caucasus during the last stages of the Caucasian War. Disenchanted with his privileged life in Russian society, nobleman Dmitri Olenin joins the army as a cadet, in the hopes of escaping...

"Work, Death, and Sickness" is a fascinating story by Russian author Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy written in 1903. The story takes the form of a parable about the creation of work, death, and sickness. Synopsis: When God first created man, he had no need to work, and he would always live to...

Tolstoy's last novel addresses the issue of legal unfairness and church hypocrisy, through the story of Maslova, a maid wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to Siberia.

With great perception and insight Tolstoy has presented the theories of Karl Marx and the conditions of Russia in his age. All notions are presented through the eyes of a child who is just beginning to comprehend these ideologies. A work that bespeaks the mastery of its author.

In addition to his towering novels, Tolstoy also triumphed with shorter works. Included in this collection are tales based on the author’s personal military experience: “The Invaders,” “The Wood-Cutting Expedition,” “An Old Acquaintance,” “Lost on the Steppe; or, The Snowstorm,” and “Polikushka Kholstomer.”

This early work by Tolstoy, published in 1863, is based on his own experiences serving with the army in the Caucasus region in the 1850s.  A young Russian, Dimitry Olenin, leaves his cultured life in Moscow in search of authentic experiences among the untamed Cossacks.  What he finds will change his life forever.