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 ...

"What Men Live By" is a short story written by Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

The novel explores Tolstoy's theory of history, and in particular the insignificance of individuals such as Napoleon and Alexander.

And without considering the multiplicity and complexity of the conditions any one of which taken separately may seem to be the cause, he snatches at the first approximation to a cause that seems to him intelligible and says: "This is the ...

Leaves of Grass, Siddhartha, Middlemarch, The Jungle, Macbeth, Moby-Dick, A Study in Scarlet... Jules Verne, Lewis ... Tabaqui , the Dish - licker - and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief , and ...

... 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 ...

... gold and plate with her into the house . The cellars were full of wine ... chords of the guitar , and sing to the music , not always Danish melodies ... house of Borreby , where the splendid forest of oaks still flourished . The young men ...

... sea- monsters. But the boy understood that it was the sea-trolls, who had gathered around the island and intended to crawl up on it, to fight with the land-trolls who lived there. And those on the land were probably afraid, for he saw ...

... light as a feather right off . All my troubles was gone . I went to looking out sharp for a light , and sort of singing to myself . By and by one showed . Jim sings out : " We's safe , Huck , we's safe ! Jump up and crack yo ' heels ...

... 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 ...

... princess's balcony. A famous artist had laid it out in the time of Hatasu ... sacred grove of Anion. The Necropolis on the farther side of the river was ... twilight is short in Thebes. Here and there a rosy cloud fluttered across the ...

... 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 ...

... white napkins upon her arm, she remained to serve them. They dipped their ... citadel for the garrison and military headquarters for the governor. The ... paper. He sat upon a purple cloth instead of a saddle, and that, and a bridle with ...

... 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 ...

... Oz is a Great Wizard , and can take on any form he wishes . So that some say he looks like a bird ; and some say he ... Scarecrow eagerly . “ Oh , Oz could do that easily enough , ” declared the man . “ He has more brains than he needs ...

... dawn he too was grey and grim. One monk alone had Modred kept, A youth with hair of golden-red, Who never once had sighed or wept, Not once had bowed his proud young head. Broken he lay, and bound with thongs. Thus had he seen his ...

Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (400+ Titles in One Illustrated Edition) Various Authors, Louisa ... Christmas-day. Christmas Legends Table of Contents.

... Oz is a Great Wizard , and can take on any form he wishes . So that some say he looks like a bird ; and some say he ... Scarecrow eagerly . “ Oh , Oz could do that easily enough , ” declared the man . “ He has more brains than he needs ...

... Oz is a Great Wizard , and can take on any form he wishes . So that some say he looks like a bird ; and some say he ... Scarecrow eagerly . “ Oh , Oz could do that easily enough , ” declared the man . “ He has more brains than he needs ...

... not now; so don't follow me Camilla, for I'm going ... see you! and I have been so unhappy about Eugenia! and you have always locked your door; and I would not rap ... again rolled fast down her cheeks. Extremely concerned, he strove gently to ...

... Pross and Mr. Cruncher had discharged the office of purveyors ; the former carrying the money ; the latter , the basket . Every afternoon at about the time when the public lamps were lighted , they fared forth on this duty , and made ...

... 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 ...

... gold and plate with her into the house . The cellars were full of wine ... chords of the guitar , and sing to the music , not always Danish melodies ... house of Borreby , where the splendid forest of oaks still flourished . The young men ...

... Montgomery, C. S. Lewis, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, H. P. Lovecraft ... chords left as by vast composers — you choruses, You formless, free ... midnight late, bending me powerless, Entering my lonesome slumber-chamber, why have you ...