The Best Short Stories of Tolstoy on Sale Now - Edited by Andrew Barger

 

Tolstoy under the tree!

"Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" branded Tolstoy as one of the greatest writers in modern history. Few, however, have read his wonderful short stories. Now, in one collection, are the 20 Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy Annotated, which give a snapshot of Russia and its people in the late nineteenth century. A fine introduction is given by Andrew Barger. Annotations are included of difficult Russian terms. There is also a Tolstoy biography at the start of the book with photos of Tolstoy's relatives. The 20 classic Tolstoy short stories include:

A Candle

After the Dance

Albert

Alyosha the Pot

An Old Acquaintance

Does a Man Need Much Land?

If You Neglect the Fire You Don't Put It Out

Khodinka: An Incident of the Coronation of Nicholas II

Lucerne

Memoirs of a Lunatic

My Dream

Recollections of a Scorer

The Empty Drum

The Long Exile

The Posthumous Papers of the Hermit Fedor Kusmich

The Young Tsar

There Are No Guilty People

Three Deaths

Two Old Men

What Men Live By

These Tolstoy short stories will make a great holiday gift for the special someone in your life. Put some Tolstoy under your tree and buy now!

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Score 30% Off My Books at Barnes & Noble This Weekend!

Thanksgiving Day through November 27th you get 30% off my books at Barnes & Noble using coupon code: BNBFRIDAY16 online. Plus bag free shipping on orders over $25. Happy Thanksgiving weekend for those of you in the States. Check out these great choices to use your 30% off B&N coupon:

Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated

"Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" branded Tolstoy as one of the greatest writers in modern history. Few, however, have read his wonderful short stories. Now, in one collection, are the 20 greatest short stories of Leo Tolstoy, which give a snapshot of Russia and its people in the late nineteenth century. A fine introduction is given by Andrew Barger. Annotations are included of difficult Russian terms. There is also a Tolstoy biography at the start of the book with photos of Tolstoy's relatives.

Best Ghost Short Stories

Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899: A Phantasmal Ghost Anthology contains the annotated best ghost stories from the last half of the 19th century. Published in August of 2016, it includes scary short stories from popular American and Victorian authors including: Bram Stoker, M. R. James, Joseph Le Fanu, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Nesbit, and Francis Marion Crawford. The ghost story anthology is annotated and includes story backgrounds and author photos by none other than Andrew Barger. Boo!

Best Horror Short Stories Anthology

Thanks to Edgar Allan Poe, Honore de Balzac, Nathaniel Hawthorne and others, the half century from 1800-1849 is the cradle of all modern horror short stories. Andrew Barger, the editor of this book as well as Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and Poems, read over 300 horror short stories to compile the 12 best. At the back of the book he includes a list of all short stories he considered along with their dates of publication and author, when available. He even includes background for each of the stories, author photos and annotations for difficult terminology. A number of the scary short stories were published in leading periodicals of the day such as Blackwood's and Atkinson's Casket. Read The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 today!

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Get Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated at a Library Near You

The number of libraries purchasing a copy of Tolstoy's short stories that I edited is growing by leaps and bounds. Follow this link to see if Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated is at a library near you: http://www.worldcat.org/title/leo-tolstoys-20-greatest-short-stories-annotated/oclc/457080394

If not, you can get a copy of the Tolstoy ebook for less than $8 on Google Books. Enjoy!

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War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy - BBC Film Adaptation

The start of 2016 has blessed us with a fantastic film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War & Peace. This BBC series is running now so there is still time to catch up on first couple episodes before the climatic ending.

And while many have read War & Peace and Anna Karenina, his classic novels, few have read Tolstoy's short stories or his excellent novellas that weave similar tales of love, war, peace and give a picture of Russia at the height of its powers.

Check out the BBC version of War & Peace this weekend.

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Tolstoy Footage on Film

Few photographs exist of Leo Tolstoy and even less moving pictures. The video below shows Tolstoy as he had gotten up in years.

Most of footage was shot after he had published his excellent Tolstoy short stories of love, war and as a guide to his beloved peasants. On his grave Tolstoy asked to die as a peasant. At this time of the year he makes think of a skinny Santa Claus.

Cover Reveal - Tolstoy's 5 Greatest Novellas Annotated, which is on Pre-Sale Now!

Back in 2009 I edited the 20 greatest short stories of Tolstoy anthology, which included thousands of annotations of difficult terms and turns of phrase. Not being one to leave well enough alone, I have given the same treatment to Tolstoy's novellas.

The ebook is available for pre-sale now and it goes live the end of August. I hope you enjoy the cover and the great short novels of the Russian bear of literature.

Tolstoy Novellas on iTunes

Tolstoy Novellas on Nook

Cool Review of Tolstoy's Short Stories Anthology

A cool review of Tolstoy's short stories anthology that was posted this week on Amazon. Here's a bit about  the book:

"Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" branded Tolstoy as one of the greatest writers in modern history. Few, however, have read his wonderful short stories. Now, in one collection, are the 20 greatest short stories of Leo Tolstoy, which give a snapshot of Russia and its people in the late nineteenth century. A fine introduction is given by Andrew Barger. Annotations are included of difficult Russian terms. There is also a Tolstoy biography at the start of the book with photos of Tolstoy's relatives.