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Tolstoy's Short Fiction (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Edition) |  | Author: Leo Tolstoy
Creator: Michael R. Katz
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 190288
Media: Paperback
Edition: Second Edition
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0393931501
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.733
EAN: 9780393931501
ASIN: 0393931501
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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Product Description
Leo Tolstoy’s short works, like his novels, show readers his narrative genius, keen observation, and historical acumen—albeit on a smaller scale. This Norton Critical Edition presents twelve of Tolstoy’s best-known stories, based on the Louise and Aylmer Maude translations (except “Alyosha Gorshok”), which have been revised by the editor for enhanced comprehension and annotated for student readers. The Second Edition newly includes “A Prisoner in the Caucasus,” “Father Sergius,” and “After the Ball,” in addition to Michael Katz’s new translation of “Alyosha Gorshok.” Together these stories represent the best of the author’s short fiction before War and Peace and after Anna Karenina. “Backgrounds and Sources” includes two Tolstoy memoirs, A History of Yesterday (1851) and The Memoirs of a Madman (1884), as well as entries—expanded in the Second Edition—from Tolstoy’s “Diary for 1855” and selected letters (1858–95) that shed light on the author’s creative process. “Criticism” collects twenty-three essays by Russian and western scholars, six of which are new to this Second Edition. Interpretations focus both on Tolstoy’s language and art and on specific themes and motifs in individual stories. Contributors include John M. Kopper, Gary Saul Morson, N. G. Chernyshevsky, Mikhail Bakhtin, Harsha Ram, John Bayley, Vladimir Nabokov, Ruth Rischin, Margaret Ziolkowski, and Donald Barthelme. A Chronology of Tolstoy’s life and work and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included. .
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Tolstoy's Short Fiction January 17, 2009
Christina H. Maupin
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
Book is in great condition. There was a problem in shipping but when something's coming from the UK to the US, I should have expected it. Can't wait to start reading the book for class!
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