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These three stories of Tolstoy's maturity show him increasingly grappling with fundamental issues of religion and morality. In "Master and Man", he depicts an employer, bent on closing a business deal, travelling with his servant through the swirling snow - little realizing how soon he may... read more
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- Vasily Andreich: Add a description of this character.
- Nikita
- Zhilin
- Ivan
- Yefim
- Aksyonov
- Anna
- Liza
- Makar Semyonov
- Mikhail
- Turbin
- Matryona
- Yelisey
- Dina
- Pakhom
- Blucher
- Polozov
- Gavrilo
- Kostylin
- Lukhnov
- Serpukhovskoy
- Strider
- Abdul
- Russky
- Grandpa
- Mrs Zaitsev
- John
- Taras
- Zavalshevsky
- Stesha
- Danilo
- Lebed
- Petrukha
First Sentence edit
IN the 1840s there took place in St Petersburg an event which caused general surprise: a handsome prince, commander of the sovereign's squadron of a regiment of cuirassiers, whom everyone expected to become an aide-de-camp and have brilliant career at the court of Nicholas I, a month before his marriage to a beautiful lady-in-waiting who enjoyed the special favour of the empress, suddenly resigned his commission, broke with his fiancee, made over his modest estate to his sister, and retired to monastery with the intention of becoming a monk.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Leo Tolstoy (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Russian
Publisher: New York. Penguin 60s Series 9.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0146000897
Page Count: 96
Publisher: New York. Penguin 60s Series 9.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0146000897
Page Count: 96
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- Dewey: 891.733
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