Leo Tolstoy Short Stories
A Seven-Day Gateway to Tolstoy's Stories of Faith, Greed, and Mortality
One of the greatest writers in history. Seven stories. No overwhelm.
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Tolstoy asks the questions most literature avoids: What gives life meaning? How should we live? What do we owe each other? This anthology makes his short fiction accessible to any reader — no prior knowledge needed. Seven stories, a clear reading plan, and prompts that help it land.
From the greed of Pahom in "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" to Ivan Ilyich's brutal confrontation with mortality, to Father Sergius's war with pride and temptation, each story asks the same powerful question: what does it mean to live rightly? Tolstoy's fiction is plainspoken, humane, and devastatingly honest.
Inside this volume
- A Prisoner in the Caucasus
- God Sees the Truth, But Waits
- The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- How Much Land Does a Man Need?
- The Three Hermits
- Father Sergius
- Alyosha the Pot
Every volume includes
- Seven complete short stories, one for each day
- A reading note before each story, so you're never reading blind
- An introduction to the author and where they sit in literary history
- Discussion questions built in — for reflection or group use
- An annotated guide to what to read next
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