Lev Tolstoi

This edition includes: The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Happy Ever After, and The Cossacks. Mortality was one of Tolstoy's most persistent themes, and all of the stories in this volume are connected by this preoccupation, along with the author's simultaneous attempt to help us improve our lives.

"The Devil" is a novella by Leo Tolstoy. It was written in 1889, given an alternative ending in 1909, but published only posthumously in 1911. Like Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata, written around the same time, "The Devil" deals with the consequences of sexual emotion.

"Sõda ja rahu" on Lev Tolstoi romaan, mida peetakse tema peateoseks. "Sõjast ja rahust" teevad vene ja maailmakirjanduse tähtteose mitte üksi Lev Tolstoi realistlik jutustamisoskus, vaid ka ajaloosündmuste ja ajalooliste seoste kujutamise ning tõlgenduse sügavus. "Sõja ja rahu" venekeelne pealkiri on filosoofiliselt …