The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

Here are some of Tolstoy’s extraordinary short stories, from The Death of Ivan Ilyich”—in a masterly new translation—to The Raid,” The Wood-felling,” Three Deaths,” Polikushka,” After the Ball,” and The Forged Coupon,” all gripping and eloquent lessons on two of Tolstoy’s most persistent themes: life and death. More experimental than his novels, Tolstoy’s stories are essential reading for anyone interested in his development as one of the major writers and thinkers of his time.

Leo Tolstoy (1828-û1910) wrote two of the great novels of the nineteenth century, War and Peace and Anna Karenina.