A collection of short stories from one of the most famous writers of very long novels Leo Tolstoy, including: Ilyas, Little Girls Wiser Than Men, The Coffee-House of Surat. 'For...

Two love stories are set against the backdrop of high society in Tsarist Russia. Anna awakens from a loveless marriage to find herself drawn irresistibly to the dashing cavalry...

A story of a successful farmer Ilyas who grew into one of the wealthiest in the area only to loose it all through series of bad accidents. He finds his happiness however only...

B.J. Harrison reads the classic by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Martin Avdeitch is a devoted shoemaker, who works in his basement and meets sorrow in life. His family has died,...

Two little girls from different houses happened to meet in a lane between two homesteads, where the dirty water after running through the farm-yards had formed a large puddle. One...

Arguably the greatest literary masterpiece, War and Peace is an amazing blend of philosophy, history, spirituality, and love told through two families, the Rostovs and the...

The Devil is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, was published in 1911, after the write’s death. It tells the story of a married landowner slowly overcome with unrelenting sexual desire...

When a troubled schoolboy forges a cash coupon to pay off a debt, his deed starts off a chain reaction of tragedies that effects the lives of dozens, leading to thefts,...

The final chapter of a developmental journey, this work explores the intellectual awakening and emotional growing pains of a young man entering the wider world. The narrative...

Inmitten des blutigen Krimkrieges schildert Tolstoy die erschütternde Realität der Belagerung aus der Sicht der einfachen Soldaten und Zivilisten. Das Werk bricht mit...