Three Simple Men E-Book

Leo Tolstoy

• Herausgeber: Paraclete Press
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

You've met the characters in these stories before. We meet them in folktales from all around the world. There is the simple, wise old man who understands far more than he knows; the pompous religious expert who discovers his folly before it's too late; nosey neighbors and petty relatives; and a fight between good and evil in which, by story's end, good and evil almost seem to switch places. These classic folktales, made popular a century ago by Leo Tolstoy, are retold here for a new generation, beautifully illustrated in this gorgeous book designed for reading out loud, reading over and over again, and giving to friends.

Leseprobe

“Of all the works this great man and artist has written,his short stories have made the strongest impression upon me.I regard them as the most perfect tales ever written.”

—ELISABETH OF WIED, Queen consort of Romania (1881–1914)

“The Russian great was considered mad by some and a geniusby others. He was a radical and a saint. A noble-turned-asceticwanderer. No wonder so many were fascinated withhis life and stories.”

—WRITING GOODER, a blog of the Young Writers Society for teenagers and young college students

“One of Tolstoy’s greatest gifts—and also a source of torment—was his addiction to the question of the meaning of life. Henever ceased asking himself why and how he should live, andwhat was the point of all his money and fame.”

—ROMAN KRZNARIC, cofounder of The School of Life in London; author of How Should We Live?

“As in the most abstract of narrators, what counts in Tolstoy iswhat is not visible, not articulated.”

—ITALO CALVINO, twentieth-century Italian novelist and short story writer

LEO TOLSTOY

THREESIMPLEMEN

& Other HolyFolktales

RETOLD WITH NOTES AND INTRODUCTIONBY JON M. SWEENEY

ILLUSTRATED BY ANNA MITCHELL

2015 First printingThree Simple Men: And Other Holy FolktalesText copyright © 2015 by Jon M. SweeneyIllustrations copyright © 2015 by Anna Mitchell

ISBN 978-1-61261-586-8

Scripture quotations marked NRSV are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataTolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

[Short stories. Selections. English]

Three simple men : and other holy folktales / Leo Tolstoy ; retold with notes and introduction by Jon M. Sweeney ; illustrated by Anna Mitchell.

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Summary: “You’ve met the characters in these stories before. We meet them in folktales from all around the world. There is the simple, wise old man who understands far more than he knows; the pompous religious expert who discovers his folly before it’s too late; nosey neighbors and petty relatives; and a fight between good and evil in which, by story’s end, good and evil almost seem to switch places. These classic folktales, made popular a century ago by Leo Tolstoy, are retold here for a new generation, beautifully illustrated in this gorgeous book designed for reading out loud, reading over and over again, and giving to friends”— Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-61261-586-8 (paperback)

1. Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910–Translations into English. 2. Tales–Russia. 3. Religious fiction. I. Sweeney, Jon M., 1967- II. Mitchell, Anna, illustrator. III. Title.

PG3366.A15S94 2015                                                          891.73'3—dc23

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