• 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 LIBRARYEVERYMAN,

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. KNOPFFirst 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

Sixth 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 EC1V0AT, and distributed by Random House (UK) Ltd.US website:www.randomhouse.com/everymansA CIP catalogue reference for this book is available from the

British LibraryLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828–1910.

[Short stories. English. Selections]

The collected shorter fiction/Leo Tolstoy; translated by Aylmer Maude

and Nigel J. Cooper; with an introduction by John Bayley.

p. cm.

eISBN: 978-0-307-81991-8

1. Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910—Translations into English.

I. Maude, Aylmer, 1858–1938. II. Cooper, Nigel J. III. Title.PG3366.A13 M3 2001 00-053487

891.73’3—dc21v3.1

CONTENTS OF VOLUME 2——CoverAbout the AuthorTitle PageCopyrightA Spark Neglected Burns the House (1885)Two Old Men (1885)Where Love is, God is (1885)The Story of Iván the Fool (1885)Stories Written to Pictures (1885)Evil Allures, but Good EnduresLittle Girls Wiser than MenIlyásThe Death of Iván Ilých (1886)The Three Hermits (1886)The Imp and the Crust (1886)How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1886)A Grain as Big as a Hen’s Egg (1886)The Godson (1886)The Repentant Sinner (1886)The Kreutzer Sonata (1889)Appendix to The Kreutzer SonataThe Devil (1890)Father Sergius (1890–98)The Empty Drum (1891)Françoise (1892)A Talk Among Leisured People (1893)Walk in the Light While There is Light (1893)The Coffee-House of Surat (1893)Master and Man (1895)Too Dear! (1897)Hadji Murád (1896–1904)Stories Given to Aid the Persecuted Jews:Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (1903)Work, Death and Sickness (1903)Three Questions (1903)Fëdor Kuzmích (1905)Appendix 1: Two Early StoriesPrefaceA History of Yesterday (1851)A Christmas Night (1853)Appendix 2: Four Late StoriesPrefaceAfter the Ball (1903)The Forged Coupon (1904)Alyosha Gorshok (1905)What For? (1906)About the TranslatorsAbout the Introducer