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Excerpt from The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi, Vol. 2: ResurrectionA woman gathers a little grass for her cow, she's caught and imprisoned, said the White-bearded old man.Our own land is five versts away, and as to renting any it's impossible, the price is raised so high that it won't pay, added the cross, toothless old man. They twist us into ropes, worse than during serfdom.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds o...

Excerpt from Master and Man: A StoryThis we thought worthy of particular mention. The wonderful art of Tolstoi, and far beyond that, his simple and lofty morality, are, it seems to us, as powerfully presented here as in any of his work. These, reader cannot overlook.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important histori...

Excerpt from Master and Man: The Kreutzer Sonata DramasIn the comedy which follows and ends the volume Count Tolsto'i' holds up to ridicule the empirical weak nesses of medicine and such fads as hypnotism, spiritual ism, and the like. As usual he contrasts the absurdities of a narrow and superficial culture with the sterling sense and unaffected reason of the man of the people living near to nature, and not worried over microbes and bacilli. T...

Excerpt from War and Peace, Vol. 2Pierre was under his tutelage at Moscow, and Prince Vasili procured for him an appointment as gentleman in-waiting, which at that time conferred the same rank as Councillor of State, and he insisted on the young man accompanying him to Petersburg and taking up his residence in his own mansion.Without making any exertion, and at the same time taking it absolutely for granted that he was on the right track, Prin...

Excerpt from Essays, Letters, MiscellaniesHe returns again and again to his plea for Christians to unite on the five simple commands of Christ and put them into practice The Three Parables and the Letter to N. N. Contain a rather unusual and pathetic personal note which cannot help touching the heart, bringing out so evidently the man's generous sincerity and simplicity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare...

Excerpt from War and Peace, Vol. 6All historians agree that the external activity of states and peoples, in their mutual collisions, is expressed by war, that immediately after great or petty military successes the political power of states and nations is increased or diminished.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an impo...

Excerpt from The Compete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoï: War and Peace, V-ViIn searching for the laws of historical movements precisely the same things must be observed. The prog ress of humanity, arising from an infinite collection of human wills, is continuous.The apprehension of the laws of this onward march is the aim of history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgott...

Excerpt from What Is Religion? And Other New Articles and LettersAlways in all human societies, at a certain period of their existence a time comes when their religion begins to diverge from its fundamental meaning, then diverges more and more, loses this fundamental meaning, and finally crystallizes into permanently established forms, - when its influence upon the life of men grows weaker and weaker.At such periods, the educated minority, tho...

Excerpt from Complete Works, Vol. 9Nevertheless, the main thing in these essays is the thought. It is that which Count Tolsto'i so earnestly wishes to make known. As he says, he was in the same.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally r...