Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy (Paperback)

from cliffmon

A great way to get introduced to the works of Leo Tolstoy. "Alyosha the Pot" is only 6 pages long. It would be ridiculous to "review" the works of Tolstoy, as if a reviewer had something to say that was more worth the time reading than that could otherwise be spent reading Tolstoy.

from JVioland

Great works containing The Cossacks, The Death of Ivan Ilych, and The Kreutzer Sonata.

from tungsten_peerts

I have a vivid memory of being astounded by this when I read it in college. It was my first contact with Tolstoy, and the intensity of things like "The Kreutzer Sonata" just blew me away. There is also a great deal of variety here, from colorful tales like "The Cossacks" to the doleful "Death of ...

from Nabilah

He is an amazing writer. His short works are perfect introduction to his minds and to beginners alike. I definitely recommends Leo Tolstoy beginners to read his short works first before moving on to his major novels like Anna Karenina or War And Peace in order to get used to his style of writing....

from bookwoman247

Tolstoy's writing was always incredible, and I would never diss him, but I do think that long epics were his real milieu. His big themes just didn't seem to fit as well into a novella or short story. They also started to seem a little repetitive. It was still Tolstoy, though, and it was still e...