Fables Fairy Tales Author:Leo Tolstoy At first glance, it would seem that the hand that penned these beautifully succinct fables and fairy tales is far removed from the epic talent of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Yet Tolstoy's immense novels and these near-magical short tales of peasants and tsars, imps and devils, foolish savants and wise fools are connected--by a common fresh... more »ness of vision, an all-encompassing storytelling genius, and an omnipresent concern with good and evil.« less