Twenty-three tales
By: by Tolstoy; translated by L. and A. Maude
Series: The world's classics
Publisher: H. Frowde
Published: 1906
Place of publication: London; New York [etc.]
Language: eng; rus
Number of pages: 271
Table of contents: title: Preface.; title: pt. I. Tales for children, published about 1872: 1. God sees the truth, but waits. 2. A prisoner in the Caucasus. 3. The bear-hunt.; title: pt. II. Popular stories: 4. What men live by (1881) 5. A spark neglected burns the house (1885) 6. Two old men (1885) 7. Where love is, God is (1885); title: pt. III. A fairy tale. 8. The story of Iván the Fool (1885); title: pt. IV. Stories written to pictures (1885): 9. Evil allures, but good endures. 10. Little girls wiser than men. 11. Ilyás.; title: pt. V. Folk-tales retold: 12. The three hermits (1886) 13. The imp and the crust (1886) 14. How much land does a man need? (1886) 15. A grain as big as a hen's egg (1886) 16. The godson (1886) 17. The repentant sinner (1886) 18. The empty drum (1891); title: pt. VI. Adaptations from the French: 19. The coffee-house of Surat (1893) 20. Too dear (1897); title: pt. VII. Stories given to aid the persecuted Jews (1903): 21. Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. 22. Work, death and sickness. 23. Three questions.