author: leo tolstoy

... their remarks. The same rage that I had felt the previous week took possession of me. I felt the need of giving free course to my violence and 'the joy of wrath.' No, they did not finish. That other thing was going to begin, of which he ...

In this volume Tolstoy turns his attention to the study of aesthetics and art in all its forms. Based on fifteen years of research "What is Art?" is Tolstoy's intellectual exposition into answering the titular question.

Translated by Aylmer Maude, V. Tchertkoff, and A.C. Fifield.

Dostoevsky himself declared Anna Karenina "flawless as a work of art," and it is invariably included among discussions of the greatest novels ever.

"A Letter to a Hindu" (also known as "A Letter to a Hindoo") was a letter written by Leo Tolstoy to Tarak Nath Das on 14 December 1908.

From your letter and the articles in Free Hindustan as well as from the very interesting writings of the Hindu Swami Vivekananda and others, it appears that, as is the case in our time with the ills of all nations, the reason lies in the ...

... Emily Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, Victor ... Gregorio and the beauty of Ana Felix were the admiration of all who were ... Gregorio, and Don Gregorio at no great length, but in a few words, in which he ...

... Savathi, every child knew the name of the exalted Buddha, and every house was prepared to fill the alms-dish of Gotama's disciples, the silently begging ones. Near the town was Gotama's favourite place to stay, the grove of Jetavana ...

... fast by both arms, lest he should do some mad act, he said to her, “Infamous girl, misguided maiden, whither in thy blindness and madness ... life on this barren strand if thou dost leave him.” All this Zoraida heard ... spent, as we were ...

... my mother . ' What's the matter ? ' Peggotty only laughed the more , and held her apron tight over her face when my mother tried to pull it away , and sat as if her head were in a bag . ' What are you doing , you stupid creature ...

... it mighty warm for the rummies , I tell you , and takin ' as much as five or ... theater - actor — tragedy , you know ; take a turn to mesmerism and phrenology when ... of the late duke seized the titles and estates - the infant real duke was.

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... a sensuous man than by making him first aesthetic. But, you might object: Is this mediation absolutely indispensable? Could not truth and duty, one or the other, in themselves and by themselves, find access to the sensuous man? To this ...

... a little, there she was again, white and shining and beautiful, and I sprang into her arms! That was perfect ... little thing; but if there was a moon she would ... pinch of delicate pink dust in the hole. I put my finger in, to feel it, and ...

... Hadji Murad was saying, and that he knew he was and always would be an enemy to everything Russian and had surrendered only because he was obliged to. Hadji Murad understood this and yet continued to give assurances of his fidelity. His ...

... fire, as some stout skipper paces his deck in a suit of Flushing, calmly oblivious of the April drops that fall on his woollen armour. At last the besiegers got spiteful, and would not waste any more good steel ... balance, there the capstan.

... maid that they're both so in love that they'll die on the spot at the door ... story. It appears that it's a happy couple, a government clerk and his lady. The ... hot and say nasty things, and again I'm obliged to trot out all my ...

... me away from my duties ; she would herself incite me to hard honest work , and we would walk hand in hand towards a noble aim . Yes , " he concluded his reflections , " that's all very fine , but the worst of it is that she does not in ...

... mother , afraid . He did not move for some time , not knowing what to say . His face was smooth and soft - skinned with love , his eyes ... horse . She would easily accompany him , and take all he had to give , but she remained neutral still ...

... Well , whatever he is here for " At that moment Petya , to whom no one had been paying any attention , came up to his father , and , all flushed , said ... said , " Just think what he has said ! " But the count instantly recovered from his ...

... girdle and hold fast while we journey through the air; for now shall we ... girdle of the great Ak, his astonishment forbidding speech. Then the vast forest of ... story of his babyhood: how he had been abandoned at the forest's edge and ...

... under the door, and made pretty little drifts on the floor. They piled up ... over, and with a sigh of relief turned over to sleep again. About eight o ... snow is no uncommon thing on the wide prairies, and since they had wood and ...

... under the door, and made pretty little drifts on the floor. They piled up ... over, and with a sigh of relief turned over to sleep again. About eight o ... snow is no uncommon thing on the wide prairies, and since they had wood and ...

Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (400+ Titles in One ... little arched windows with diamond panes peeping out from the mistletoe and ... just as we divide our flower and vegetable gardens; one bed for onions, one ...

... I'd rather have that than anything else. But it must be handsome: a diamond pin or ring, or ear-rings." "Mamma says diamonds are quite unsuitable for young girls," said Rosie. "So I prefer pearls: and I'm rather in hopes she may give me ...

... under the door, and made pretty little drifts on the floor. They piled up ... over, and with a sigh of relief turned over to sleep again. About eight o ... snow is no uncommon thing on the wide prairies, and since they had wood and ...

... not , " said Alexey Alexandrovitch severely . " We ought not to think whether we are ready or not ready . God's grace is not guided by human considerations : sometimes it comes not to those that strive for it , and comes to those that ...

... you, Philip. It came by the second post." It was from Hayward and ran as follows: My dear boy, I answer your letter at once. I ventured to read it to a great friend of mine, a charming woman whose help and sympathy have been very ...

... Lead the way ! " They went in from the yard and up to the fourth storey . The staircase got darker and darker as they went up . It was nearly eleven o'clock and although in summer ... sheet . Behind it probably was the bed . There was nothing ...

... the only one who dared to resist him. “I may kiss him,” she would say ... ever say of Molly as Tristan said of Isolda, “She has forgotten me.” But in ... feared anything so sad would happen to him and Molly, as he passed the spot ...

... CHAPTER VII Table of Contents THE STORY OF LE FEVER CONTINUED It was not ... honour any kind of intelligence concerning the poor sick lieutenant - Is he ... death - watch all night long ; —— and when he dies , the youth , his son , will ...

... Rabindranath Tagore, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Walt Whitman, Niccolò Machiavelli ... punishment that you deserve. You have done this — I hope so, at least ... punishment inflicted on the guilty!” “The punishment?” exclaimed Madame de Villefort ...