The Collected Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. 120+ Titles in One Volume: The Kreutzer Sonata, Hadji Murad, Master and Man, Father SergiusBy Leo Tolstoy
Length99h 50m
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The Collected Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy gathers the compressed masterpieces through which Tolstoy tested, refined, and often radicalized the moral vision of his great novels. Ranging from early tales of war and childhood to later parables of spiritual awakening, these stories combine psychological realism, lucid narrative economy, and ethical urgency. In works such as "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," "Master and Man," and "How Much Land Does a Man Need?," Tolstoy situates private conscience within the social, religious, and philosophical crises of nineteenth-century Russia. Tolstoy's life profoundly informs these writings. Born into the Russian aristocracy, shaped by military service in the Caucasus and Crimea, and later consumed by religious doubt and social critique, he became increasingly preoccupied with mortality, property, violence, and the possibility of redemption. His rejection of privilege and institutional authority gives the later stories their austere force and prophetic intensity. This collection is indispensable for readers seeking Tolstoy beyond War and Peace and Anna Karenina. It offers a concentrated encounter with his genius: humane, unsettling, formally precise, and morally inexhaustible.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length99 hrs 50 mins
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Table of contents
1The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain: 169 Short Stories
309THE STAG AND THE VINEYARD
2The Collected Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy
310THE CAT AND THE MICE
3Introduction
311THE WOLF AND THE GOAT
4Leo Tolstoy: A Short Biography
312THE REEDS AND THE OLIVE-TREE
5“Tolstoy the Artist” and “Tolstoy the Preacher”
313THE TWO COMPANIONS
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6TOLSTOY THE ARTIST.
314THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
7TOLSTOY THE PREACHER.
315THE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOX
8“Count Tolstoi and the Public Censor”
316THE LION, THE ASS, AND THE FOX
9Short Stories & Collections
317THE PEASANT AND THE WATER-SPRITE
10The Kreutzer Sonata
318THE RAVEN AND THE FOX
11CHAPTER I.
319THE SNAKE'S HEAD AND TAIL
12CHAPTER II.
320FINE THREAD
13CHAPTER III.
321THE PARTITION OF THE INHERITANCE
14CHAPTER IV.
322THE MONKEY
15CHAPTER V.
323THE MONKEY AND THE PEASE
16CHAPTER VI.
324THE MILCH COW
17CHAPTER VII.
325THE DUCK AND THE MOON
18CHAPTER VIII.
326THE WOLF IN THE DUST
19CHAPTER IX.
327THE MOUSE UNDER THE GRANARY
20CHAPTER X.
328THE BEST PEARS
21CHAPTER XI.
329THE FALCON AND THE COCK
22CHAPTER XII.
330THE JACKALS AND THE ELEPHANT
23CHAPTER XIII.
331THE HERON, THE FISHES, AND THE CRAB
24CHAPTER XIV.
332THE WATER-SPRITE AND THE PEARL
25CHAPTER XV.
333THE BLIND MAN AND THE MILK
26CHAPTER XVI.
334THE WOLF AND THE BOW
27CHAPTER XVII.
335THE BIRDS IN THE NET
28CHAPTER XVIII.
336THE KING AND THE FALCON
29CHAPTER XIX.
337THE KING AND THE ELEPHANTS
30CHAPTER XX.
338WHY THERE IS EVIL IN THE WORLD
31CHAPTER XXI.
339THE WOLF AND THE HUNTERS
32CHAPTER XXII.
340THE TWO PEASANTS
33CHAPTER XXIII.
341THE PEASANT AND THE HORSE
34CHAPTER XXIV.
342THE TWO HORSES
35CHAPTER XXV.
343THE AXE AND THE SAW
36CHAPTER XXVI.
344THE DOGS AND THE COOK
37CHAPTER XXVII.
345THE HARE AND THE HARRIER
38CHAPTER XXVIII.
346THE OAK AND THE HAZELBUSH
39LESSON OF "THE KREUTZER SONATA."
347THE HEN AND THE CHICKS
40The Forged Coupon
348THE CORN-CRAKE AND HIS MATE
41I
349THE COW AND THE BILLY GOAT
42II
350THE FOX'S TAIL
43III
351The Foundling
44IV
352The Peasant and the Cucumbers
45V
353The Fire
46VI
354The Old Horse
47VII
355How I Learned to Ride
48VIII
356The Willow
49IX
357Búlka
50X
358Búlka and the Wild Boar
51XI
359Pheasants
52XII
360Milton and Búlka
53XIII
361The Turtle
54XIV
362Búlka and the Wolf
55XV
363What Happened to Búlka in Pyatigórsk
56XVI
364Búlka's and Milton's End
57XVII
365The Gray Hare
58XVIII
366God Sees the Truth, but Does Not Tell at Once
59XIX
367Hunting Worse Than Slavery
60XX
368I.
61XXI
369II.
62XXII
370III.
63XXIII
371IV.
64I
372V.
65II
373VI.
66III
374Ermák
67IV
375I.
68V
376II.
69VI
377III.
70VII
378IV.
71VIII
379V.
72IX
380VI.
73X
381VII.
74XI
382VIII.
75XII
383IX.
76XIII
384X.
77XIV
385XI.
78XV
386XII.
79XVI
387Stories From Physics
80XVII
388The Magnet
81XVIII
389Moisture
82XIX
390The Different Connection of Particles
83Hadji Murad
391Crystals
84Chapter I
392Injurious Air
85Chapter II
393How Balloons Are Made
86Chapter III
394Galvanism
87Chapter IV
395The Sun's Heat
88Chapter V
396Stories From Zoology
89Chapter VI
397The Owl and the Hare
90Chapter VII
398How the Wolves Teach Their Whelps
91Chapter VIII
399Hares and Wolves
92Chapter IX
400The Scent
93Chapter X
401Touch and Sight
94Chapter XI
402The Silkworm
95Chapter XII
403Stories From Botany
96Chapter XIII
404The Apple-Tree
97Chapter XIV
405The Old Poplar
98Chapter XV
406The Bird-Cherry
99Chapter XVI
407How Trees Walk
100Chapter XVII
408Texts for Chapbook Illustrations
101Chapter XVIII
409The Fiend Persists, but God Resists
102Chapter XIX
410Little Girls Wiser than Old People
103Chapter XX
411The Two Brothers and the Gold
104Chapter XXI
412The Decembrists
105Chapter XXII
413On Popular Education (pt. 1)
106Chapter XXIII
414On Popular Education (pt. 2)
107Chapter XXIV
415I.
108Chapter XXV
416II.
109The Dekabrists: A Romance1
417III.
110FIRST FRAGMENT
418IV.
111SECOND FRAGMENT
419V.
112THIRD FRAGMENT
420VI.
113A Morning of a Landed Propietor
421VII.
114I
422VIII.
115II
423IX.
116III
424X.
117IV
425XI.
118V
426XII.
119VI
427The Three Hermits
120VII
428Neglect The Fire
121VIII
429The Candle
122IX
430I.
123X
431II.
124XI
432III.
125XII
433IV.
126XIII
434V.
127XIV
435VI.
128XV
436VII.
129XVI
437VIII.
130XVII
438IX.
131XVIII
439X.
132XIX
440XI.
133XX
441XII.
134After the Dance
442Where Love Is, There God Is Also
135Alyosha the Pot
443Stories from the New Speller
136My Dream
444The Wolf and the Kids
137There Are No Guilty People
445The Farmer's Wife and the Cat
138The Young Tsar
446The Crow and the Eagle
139A Lost Opportunity
447The Mouse and the Frog
140"Polikushka"
448The Vainglorious Cockerel
141CHAPTER I.
449The Ass and the Lion
142CHAPTER II.
450The Fool and His Knife
143CHAPTER III.
451The Boy Driver
144CHAPTER IV.
452Life Dull Without Song
145CHAPTER V.
453The Squirrel and the Wolf
146CHAPTER VI.
454Uncle Mitya's Horse
147The Candle
455The Book
148Twenty-Three Tales
456The Wolf and the Fox
149Preface
457The Peasant and His Horse
150God Sees the Truth, but Waits
458The Eagle and the Sow
151A Prisoner in the Caucasus
459The Load
152The Bear-Hunt
460The Big Oven
153What Men Live By
461Diary of a Lunatic
154A Spark Neglected Burns the House
462Recollections of a Billiard-Marker
155Two Old Men
463Three Parables
156Where Love is, God is
464Parable the First
157The Story of Iván the Fool
465Parable The Second
158Evil Allures, But Good Endures
466Parable The Third
159Little Girls Wiser than Men
467The Cutting of a Forest
160Ilyás
468I.
161The Three Hermits
469II.
162The Imp and the Crust
470III.
163How Much Land Does A Man Need?
471IV.
164A Grain as Big as a Hen's Egg
472V.
165The Godson
473VI.
166The Repentant Sinner
474VII.
167The Empty Drum
475VIII.
168The Coffee-House of Surat
476IX.
169Too Dear!
477X.
170Esarhaddon, King of Assyria1
478XI.
171Work, Death and Sickness
479XII.
172Three Questions
480XIII.
173Sevastopol Sketches
481Yermak, the Conqueror of Siberia
174SEVASTOPOL IN DECEMBER, 1854.
482Two Hussars
175I.
483Two Hussars (N. H. Dole Translation)
176II.
484I.
177III.
485II.
178IV.
486III.
179V.
487IV.
180VI.
488V.
181VII.
489VI.
182VIII.
490VII.
183IX.
491VIII.
184X.
492IX.
185XI.
493X.
186XII.
494XI.
187XIII.
495XII.
188XIV.
496XIII.
189XV.
497XIV.
190XVI.
498XV.
191I.
499XVI.
192II.
500Two Hussars (Maude Translation)
193III.
501I
194IV.
502II
195V.
503III
196VI.
504IV
197VII.
505V
198VIII.
506VI
199IX.
507VII
200X.
508VIII
201XI.
509IX
202XII.
510X
203XIII.
511XI
204XIV.
512XII
205XV.
513XIII
206XVI.
514XIV
207XVII.
515XV
208XVIII.
516XVI
209XIX.
517Albert
210XX.
518Albert (N. H. Dole Translation)
211XXI.
519I.
212XXII.
520II.
213XXIII.
521III.
214XXIV.
522IV.
215XXV.
523V.
216XXVI.
524VI.
217Master and Man
525VII.
218I
526Albert (Maude Translation)
219II
527Chapter I
220III
528Chapter II
221IV
529Chapter III
222V
530Chapter IV
223VI
531Chapter V
224VII
532Chapter VI
225VIII
533Chapter VII
226IX
534The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852
227X
535Chapter I
228Father Sergius
536Chapter II
229I
537Chapter III
230II
538Chapter IV
231III
539Chapter V
232IV
540Chapter VI
233V
541Chapter VII
234VI
542Chapter VIII
235A Russian Proprietor and Other Stories
543Chapter IX
236PREFACE.
544Chapter X
237A RUSSIAN PROPRIETOR.
545Chapter XI
238I.
546Chapter XII
239II.
547Chapter XIII
240III.
548Chapter XIV
241IV.
549Chapter XV
242V.
550Chapter XVI
243VI.
551Chapter XVII
244VII.
552Chapter XVIII
245VIII.
553Chapter XIX
246IX.
554Chapter XX
247X.
555Chapter XXI
248XI.
556Chapter XXII
249XII.
557Chapter XXIII
250XIII.
558Chapter XXIV
251XIV.
559Chapter XXV
252XV.
560Chapter XXVI
253XVI.
561Chapter XXVII
254XVII.
562Chapter XXVIII
255XVIII.
563Chapter XXIX
256XIX.
564Chapter XXX
257XX.
565Chapter XXXI
258LUCERNE.
566Chapter XXXII
259RECOLLECTIONS OF A SCORER.
567Chapter XXXIII
260THREE DEATHS
568Chapter XXXIV
261I.
569Chapter XXXV
262II.
570Chapter XXXVI
263III.
571Chapter XXXVII
264IV.
572Chapter XXXVIII
265A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS.
573Chapter XXXIX
266I.
574Chapter XL
267II.
575Chapter XLI
268III.
576Chapter XLII
269IV.
577Nikolai Palkin and Other Stories
270V.
578Nikolai Palkin
271VI.
579The Porcelain Doll
272An Old Acquaintance
580Strider the Story of a Horse
273Fables and Stories for Children
581Walk in the Light While There is Light
274THE ANT AND THE DOVE
582A Dialogue among Clever People
275THE TURTLE AND THE EAGLE
583Scenes from Common Life
276THE POLECAT
584The Willow
277THE LION AND THE MOUSE
585The Gray Hare
278THE LIAR
586The Foundling
279THE ASS AND THE HORSE
587The Peasant and the Cucumbers
280THE JACKDAW AND THE DOVES
588The Fire
281THE WOMAN AND THE HEN
589The Treasure Trove
282THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX
590The Bird
283THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX
591How Uncle Semyon Told about His Adventure in the Woods
284THE HORSE AND THE GROOM
592The Cow
285THE FROG AND THE LION
593Filipok
286THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS
594Meeting a Moscow Acquaintance at the Front
287THE HEN AND THE GOLDEN EGGS
595Memoirs of a Marker
288THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN
596From the Memoirs of Prince D. Nekhlyudov
289THE HEN AND THE SWALLOW
597I.
290THE STAG AND THE FAWN
598II.
291THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
599III.
292THE MAIDS AND THE COCK
600IV.
293THE FISHERMAN AND THE FISH
601V.
294THE FOX AND THE GOAT
602I.
295THE DOG AND HER SHADOW
603II.
296THE CRANE AND THE STORK
604III.
297THE GARDENER AND HIS SONS
605IV.
298THE WOLF AND THE CRANE
606My Husband and I
299THE HARES AND THE FROGS
607I
300THE FATHER AND HIS SONS
608II
301THE FOX
609III
302THE WILD ASS AND THE TAME ASS
610IV
303THE STAG
611VI
304THE DOG AND THE WOLF
612VII
305THE GNAT AND THE LION
613VIII
306THE HORSE AND HIS MASTERS
614IX
307THE OLD MAN AND DEATH
615Who Should Learn Writing of Whom?
308THE LION AND THE FOX
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