Herein are seven selected stories from Leo Tolstoy's many fables which have been adapted for young people and children.
The stories in this book are:
Ivan The Fool
Where There Is Love, There Is God Also
A Prisoner
Emelian And The Empty Drum
The Great Bear
Three Questions
The Godson
The book also contains 6 full page colour plates by Michel Sevier (1886 1941)
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction.
The 7 stories in this book have been selected from Tolstoy's most well known works and adapted for young people and children, making them the perfect introduction to Tolstoy for young readers.
In all he published over 40 works of fiction, including 5 plays, as well as 64 short stories and 42 philosophical works.
10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
Lev Nikolaevic Tolstoj nasce a Jasnaja Poljana, in Russia, il 9 settembre 1828 da una famiglia di tradizioni aristocratiche, appartenente alla vecchia nobiltà russa.
Questa condizione influenzerà tutta la sua esistenza: da un punto di vista positivo perché avrà opportunità che altri non avranno, ma anche da un punto di vista negativo perché lo distinguerà dagli altri letterati del suo tempo da cui si sentirà spesso escluso.
La madre morirà quando lui avrà solo due anni e dopo