Leo Tolstoy: 582 books

MINE is a strange and wonderful lot! The chances are that there is not a single wretched beggar suffering under the luxury and oppression of the rich who feels anything like as keenly as I do either the injustice, the cruelty, and the horror of their oppression of and contempt for the poor; or the...

Again war. Again sufferings, necessary to nobody, utterly uncalled for; again fraud; again the universal stupefaction and brutalization of men. Men who are separated from each other by thousands of miles, hundreds of thousands of such men (on the one hand - Buddhists, whose law forbids the killing,...

The present volume contains two contrasting treatises. The first is religious, and shows in Count Tolstoï's earnest and eloquent manner the meaning of Christ's words which he takes for his text,—"The Kingdom of God is within you." The outward forms of religion, however helpful they may be to some...

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The novel opens with a scene introducing Prince Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky ("Stiva"), a Moscow aristocrat and civil servant who has been unfaithful to his wife Darya Alexandrovna ("Dolly"). Dolly has discovered his affair with the family's governess, and the household and family are in turmoil. Stiva's...

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This file includes: Father Sergius, Master and Man, What Men Live by and Other Tales, The Cause of It All, The First Distiller, Fruits of Culture, The Light Shines in Darkness, The Live Corpse, The Power of Darkness, and War and Peace. According to Wikipedia: "Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy...

The Russian Short Story Megapack: 25 Classic Tales collects some of the finest and most famous of all Russian literature, by such authors as Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo N. Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Anton P. Chekhov, and many more. Complete table of contents: THE QUEEN OF SPADES, by Alexsandr S. Pushkin THE...

With ruthless criticism and dire satire on the authorities and state of affairs in the capital of Russia Leo Tolstoy has created another genius. Through the book he has succeeded in putting his ideas forward which awakened the nation from deep slumber. It is one of those very rare and thought-provoking books that stirred the nation and prepared them for the revolution.

Through this amazing fable Tolstoy has commented on the relationship between peasantry and aristocracy. His satire elucidates the resentment he felt towards elite and their frivolous ways. This short work by the author is a must-read for learning his ideologies and beliefs.

A remarkable novel about the exploitation of poor at the hands of aristocracy. Nekhludoff a jury member remembers how as a young man he seduced Maslova the woman currently on trial. To appease his guilty conscience he vows to reform her life. Tolstoy takes us on an absorbing journey as a man struggles against initial moral decadence to regain his lost spiritual piety. Riveting!

The collection of works portrays the lust of man for wealth and power. The depths to which one can fall for achieving the basest aims of life are depicted in a precise manner. Tolstoy portrays an array of emotions in these stories and intellectual essays that instigate and inspire. The kaleidoscope of ideas leaves the readers enchanted.