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    What Men Live By and Other Tales
    What Men Live By and Other Tales
    What Men Live By and Other Tales
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    What Men Live By and Other Tales

    By Leo Tolstoi

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    Tolstoy wrote some incredible novels, but these little fables are quick to read and simply told. The most memorable one describes the fate of a man who lets his greed get the best of him. These four short stories, (What Men Live By, Three Questions, The Coffee-House of Surat, and How Much Land Does a Man Need?) are well worth reading, re-reading, and mulling over.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheranamsaleem
    Release dateNov 26, 2018
    ISBN9788829576517
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    Leo Tolstoi

    Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in Tula, near Moscow. His parents, who both died when he was young, belonged to the Russian nobility, and to the end of his life Tolstoy remained conscious of his aristocratic status. His novels, ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Anna Karenina’ are literary classics and he is revered as one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. He died in 1910 at the age of 82.

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