The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy’s artistic prowess displayed over five decades – experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, ‘The Two Hussars’ contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Illustrating Tolstoy’s belief that art must serve a moral purpose, ‘What Men Live By’ portrays an angel sent to earth to learn three existential rules of life, and ‘Two Old Men’ shows a peasant abandoning his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in order to help his neighbours. And in the highly moving ‘Master and Man’, Tolstoy depicts a mercenary merchant travelling with his unprotesting servant through a blizzard to close a business deal – little realizing he may soon have to settle accounts with his maker.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 336 ● ISBN 9780141913667 ● 翻译者 Paul Foote & Ronald Wilks ● 出版者 Penguin Books Ltd ● 发布时间 2005 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2268991 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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