... lying
ill on the top of the brick oven for seven years. Iván had all he needed: three
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A Spark Neglected Burns the House
Then came Peter, and said to him, Lord, ... fight at
Plevna (A town in Bulgaria, the scene of fierce and prolonged fighting between
the Turks and the Russians in the war of 1877). . Why, there's war between you
worse than at Plevn...
...
"We have seen your photograph. Not ugly, indeed! You were a handsome
fellow."
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SHORT STORY
After the Dance
" AND you say that a man cannot, of himself, understand ... sort of tenderness
for him that was almost rapture.
"After supper I danced the promised quadrille with her, and though I had
been infinitely happy before, I grew still happier ever...
... throw off some burden. Then he lifted his head, and raising his eyes
heavenward, remained so for a short time. Presently the wrinkles passed from
his face, and he looked down at Aleb with a smile ... exclaimed in
dismay, and the Devil, sitting up in the tree, rejoiced that Aleb had done his task
so cleverly. The master looked as black as thunder, frowned, bent his head, and
'It is...
... animal existence
that never sounded the depths, but only touched the shallows of life.
LEV TOLSTOY
SHORT STORY
My Dream
"As a daughter she no longer exists for me. Can't you understand? ... Petersburg;
and the younger, Lisa his favourite, who had disappeared from home a
year before. Only a short while ago he had found her with her child in
this provincial town.
Pr...
... your field, where did
you grow corn like this?'
And the grandfather answered:
LEV TOLSTOY
SHORT STORY
A Grain As Big As A Hen's Egg
ONE DAY SOME children found, in a ravine,
...
Zhílin reached the wood without meeting any one, chose a dark spot, and sat
down to rest.
LEV TOLSTOY
SHORT STORY
A Prisoner in the Caucasus
AN officer named Zhílin was serving in the army ... entered,
and with him was another a smaller man, dark, with bright black eyes, red
cheeks and a short beard. He had a merry face, and was always laughing. This
man was even more richl...
... for him, he had
taken no notice of her. It had seemed to him quite natural, as though
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SHORT STORY
Alyosha the Pot
ALYOSHA was the younger brother. He was called the Pot, because ... merchant, and only scold Alyosha for wearing out his
boots.
When he had saved up two roubles [4s], by the advice of the cook he
bought himself a red knitted jacket, and was so happy whe...
... rich and had a distinguished
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SHORT STORY
An Old Acquaintance
Prince Nekhiludof Relates how, during an Expedition in the Caucasus, he met
an Acquaintance from Moscow)
Our ... found himself, my old acquaintance did not so much excite
sympathy in me as it did a sort of unfavorable sentiment.
I now vividly remembered our first meeting. In 1 848 , while I was staying .....
... 'Surely I am not Lailie, nor the ass, but Esarhaddon!'
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SHORT STORY
Esarhaddon, King of Assyria
(In this story Tolstoy has used the names of real people.
Esarhaddon (or ... the
Bible, under the name of Asnapper ( Ezra iv. 10). Of Lailie history does not tell
us much; but in Ernest A. Budge's History of Esarhaddon we read: 'A King,
called Lailie...
... LEV TOLSTOY
SHORT STORY
God Sees the Truth, But Waits
In the town of Vladimir lived a young merchant ... prison authorities about anything, they always made
Aksionov their spokesman, and when there were quarrels among the prisoners
they came to him to put things right, and to judge the matter.
No