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Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy. Twenty-three Tales
Twenty-three Tales
Table of Contents
LIST OF RUSSIAN WORDS, CUSTOMS, &c. EXPLAINED IN FOOT-NOTES
PREFACE
PREFACE
GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS
GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS
A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS
A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS
THE BEAR-HUNT
THE BEAR-HUNT
WHAT MEN LIVE BY (1881)
WHAT MEN LIVE BY
A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE (1885)
A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE
TWO OLD MEN (1885)
TWO OLD MEN
WHERE LOVE IS, GOD IS (1885)
WHERE LOVE IS, GOD IS
THE STORY OF IVÁN THE FOOL (1883)
THE STORY OF IVÁN THE FOOL,
EVIL ALLURES, BUT GOOD ENDURES
EVIL ALLURES, BUT GOOD ENDURES
LITTLE GIRLS WISER THAN MEN
LITTLE GIRLS WISER THAN MEN
ILYÁS
ILYÁS
THE THREE HERMITS (1886)
THE THREE HERMITS
THE IMP AND THE CRUST (1886)
THE IMP AND THE CRUST
HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED? (1886)
HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED?
A GRAIN AS BIG AS A HEN'S EGG (1886)
A GRAIN AS BIG AS A HEN'S EGG
THE GODSON (1886)
THE GODSON
THE REPENTANT SINNER (1886)
THE REPENTANT SINNER
THE EMPTY DRUM (1891)
THE EMPTY DRUM
THE COFFEE-HOUSE OF SURAT (1893)
THE COFFEE-HOUSE OF SURAT
TOO DEAR (1897)
TOO DEAR!
ESARHADDON, KING OF ASSYRIA
WORK, DEATH AND SICKNESS
WORK, DEATH AND SICKNESS
THREE QUESTIONS
THREE QUESTIONS
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Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The Nogáy brought some green rushes, which they stuffed into the hole, and, quickly covering it with earth, they smoothed the ground, and set an upright stone at the head of the grave. Then they trod the earth down, and again sat in a row before the grave, keeping silence for a long time.
At last they rose, said 'Allah! Allah! Allah!' and sighed.
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