Six Short Masterpieces by Tolstoy Author:Leo Tolstoy "The stories presented here document the scope, perseverance, and the acuity of Tolstoy's examination of the actual and the possible relations between man and the society which gives him his living. Covering nearly fifty years of creative writing ( Tolstoy from the age of twenty eight to seventy five), they sharpen our understanding of the powe... more »r of Tolstoy's literary universe."« less