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Large Print
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018-09-10
主題Fiction / Action & AdventureFiction / ClassicsFiction / Short Stories (single author)
ISBN17271910649781727191066
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rCn8uwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Master and Man: Large Print By Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades - experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, 'The Two Hussars' contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Illustrating Tolstoy's belief that art must serve a moral purpose, 'What Men Live By' portrays an angel sent to earth to learn three existential rules of life, and 'Two Old Men' shows a peasant abandoning his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in order to help his neighbours. And in the highly moving 'Master and Man', Tolstoy depicts a mercenary merchant travelling with his unprotesting servant through a blizzard to close a business deal - little realizing he may soon have to settle accounts with his maker