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| Title | : | What Men Live by and Other Tales |
| Author | : | Leo Tolstoy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 56 pages |
| Published | : | June 17th 2004 by Kessinger Publishing (first published 1885) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Short Stories. Cultural. Russia. Literature. Russian Literature |
Leo Tolstoy
Paperback | Pages: 56 pages Rating: 4.13 | 1870 Users | 157 Reviews
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| Original Title: | What Men Live By and Other Tales |
| ISBN: | 1419193570 (ISBN13: 9781419193576) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.13 From 1870 Users | 157 ReviewsAssess Epithetical Books What Men Live by and Other Tales
My first Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy(Leo Tolstoy) book and I liked this short and quick read. It is a collection of 4 short stories packed with morality and big rhetorical/philosophical questions humans ask themselves often. The four stories are What Men Live ByThree QuestionsThe Coffee-House of SuratHow Much Land Does a Man Need?I enjoyed reading the first and the last one more than the other two. There is some timeless wisdom in the message the author is trying to convey. The writing is as simpleI really do love the moral tales that Tolstoy offers up in most of his short stories, but these four are particularly wonderful. The fun part for me is that the tales are lined up in the book in my order of preference! Brilliant! One of the things I love best about short stories that they hit you quickly with a punch and make you think. Keep in mind that these stories do tend to have a spiritual element. Each one of these stories does just that and reading them aloud as a family would make for a
I find myself falling into reading more and more of the Russian literature. I guess my roots are breaking through the many years I have lived in the US. I want my intelligence to rise beyond that of "media munchers" (those who read magazines and live through reality tv).All in all, the stories and points of these raskasi are well written and well thought out.Teaches of behavior, actions, and greed. People should be satisfied with what they have rather than hopping to and fro. This point may be
What Men Live by Leo Tolstoy .. TAKE A BOW.... This story makes you realise that all menlive not by the thoughts they spend in their own welfare, but because love exist in manGreat read which simply makes you move into many levels with deep understanding
A GREAT read. Very simple, yet very deep. You can read it at many levels and get a lot out of it on each level. Favorite quotes. First, what men live by:"I have now understood that though it seems to men that they live by care for themselves, in truth it is love alone by which they live. He who has love, is in God, and God is in him, for God is love."(Leo Tolstoy, "What Men Live By" in What Men Live By and Other Tales, TARK Classic Fiction: Rockville, MD. 2008, p.35)"Remember then: there is only
I read it at the way to work...I am so supriced again from Tolstosy!!!Have amasing little storys are here in this book! wow.... So a diferent way to look to live and deat line...
This story struck a chord and made me cry in front of my eighth grade literature class.
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