Masters of Prose - Leo Tolstoy

by Leo Tolstoy, August Nemo

Overview

Welcome to the Masters of Prose book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors.Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work.This edition is dedicated to the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received multiple nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and nominations for Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902 and 1910 and the fact that he never won is a major Nobel prize controversy.This book contains the following writings:Novels: War and Peace; Anna Karenina.Short Stories: God Sees the Truth, But Waits; Papa Panov's Special Christmas; Three Questions; Work, Death and Sickness A Legend; How Much Land Does a Man Needs?; The Death of Ivan Ilyich; Alyosha the Pot; Diary of a Lunatic; The Coffee-House of Surat; Too Dear!; After the Dance.Biographical: Trotskys 1908 tribute to Leo Tolstoy; The Life of Tolstoy: First Fifty Years by Aylmer Maude.If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783969444696
Publisher:	Tacet Books
Publication date:	06/28/2020
Series:	Masters of Prose , #15
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1965
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Leo Tolstoy, (born August 28, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empiredied November 7, 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province), Russian author, a master of realistic fiction and one of the world's greatest novelists.

Date of Birth:

September 9, 1828

Date of Death:

November 20, 1910

Place of Birth:

Tula Province, Russia

Place of Death:

Astapovo, Russia

Education:

Privately educated by French and German tutors; attended the University of Kazan, 1844-47