Collected Shorter Fiction, Volume 1

LEO TOLSTOY COLLECTED SHORTER FICTION (in two volumes) Written over a period of more than half a century, these stories reflect every aspect of Tolstoy’s art and personality. They cover his experiences as a soldier in the Caucasus, his married life, his passionate interest in the peasantry, his cult of truth and simplicity, and, above all, his growing preoccupation with religion. Ranging in scope from novellas like The Kreutzer Sonata and Hadji Murad to folk-tales only a few pages long, they provide a marvelous opportunity to become closely acquainted with Russia’s great novelist. Aylmer and Louise Maude’s classic translations are supplemented by new translations by Nigel J. Cooper of six stories, including two that have never before appeared in English. EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY EVERYMAN, I WILL GO WITH THEE, AND BE THY GUIDE, IN THY MOST NEED TO GO BY THY SIDE THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF First included in Everyman’s Library, 2001 Introduction, Bibliography and Chronology Copyright © 2001 by Everyman’s Library Translations in the Appendix Copyright © 2001 by Nigel J. Cooper Typography by Peter B. Willberg Fifth printing (US) All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. Published in the United Kingdom by Everyman’s Library, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, and distributed by Random House (UK) Ltd. US website: www.randomhouse.com/everymans A CIP catalogue reference for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828–1910.