Master and Man and Other Stories
Tolstoy, Leo / Wilks, Ronald / Foote, Paul / McLean, Hugh / Foote, Paul
The 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 humor and compassion. ?The Two Hussars, ? inspired by his time in the army, 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 existen...