Leo Tolstoy's 5 Greatest Novellas Annotated

Leo Tolstoy

Aug 2014 · Bottletree Books LLC

About this ebook

After reading War & Peace, Fyodor Dostoevsky put the book down and said, "The fool hath said in heart there is no God." Yet, Tolstoy's shorter novels (i.e., novellas) are filled with all the war, adventure, comedy, religion, tragedy, and Russian tradition that inhabit the longer novels of the Russian bear of literature. Andrew Barger, editor of the best selling anthology, "Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated," has gathered the very best of Tolstoy's novellas into one remarkable collection that includes hundreds of annotations of difficult Russian terms and sheds light on historic figures mentioned in the stories. But there is much more to this anthology. Andrew has included a short biography on Tolstoy and a chronology of his life and publications. Read these fascinating novellas today:

1) The Invaders - A Russian team moves against Shamyl and his Islamic army in the Caucasus, which is based on Tolstoy's military experiences in the 1850s. 

2) The Death of Ivan Ilyich - When a man who has done good his entire life is stricken with an illness, it makes him question everything.

3) Two Hussars - When a hell-raiser takes lodging in a small Russian city, debauchery is inevitable but will it be matched years later by his son?

4) Father Sergius - The taboo subject of a priest being subjected to physical temptation is explored in one of Tolstoy's most scandalous stories.

5) Master & Man - By the end of this snowstorm adventure, you will be asking yourself, Who is the master and who is the servant?

What do some of the world's greatest literary minds have to say about the works of Tolstoy: A second Shakespeare. Gustave Flaubert 

No English novelist is as great as Tolstoy. E.M. Forster

The greatest Russian writer of prose fiction. Vladimir Nabokov

The greatest of all novelists. Virginia Woolf

Read the shorter novels of Leo Tolstoy today: http://www.AndrewBarger.com

Ratings and reviews

Excellent Novel!! Love to read all novel . but specially 2nd one was my favorite . Writing and story plot fantastic . i love it .

About the author

Andrew Barger is the editor of "Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated" and the award-winning author of a new trilogy called THE DIVINE DANTES that follows the characters of "The Divine Comedy" through a messed-up modern world. It's rock-n-roll. It's laugh-out-loud funny. It's the most unique love story you've ever read.

Book I (Squirt Guns in Hades) was a finalist in the Indie Book Awards "Best Second Novel" category. A Publisher's Weekly Reviewer calls it "[A] lively and good-natured work with a great deal of humor and wordplay . . .." While an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Expert says, "[R]eminds me a little of the fun I find in Carl Hiaasen or Christopher Moore, but he definitely has his own vibe . . .."

Andrew is also the award winning author of "Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life," and "Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales." He edited the best selling anthologies:

Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and Poems
Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated
Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849
BlooDeath: The Best Vampire Stories 1800-1849
Phantasmal: The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849
Shifters: The Best Werewolf Stories 1800-1849
6a66le: The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849