Physical description
A Russian Proprietor and other Stories.
Author: Count Lyof Tolstoy ( Leo Tolstoy)
Publisher: Walter Scott
Date: 1888
Translator: Nathan Haskell Dole
Publication type
fiction
Inscriptions & markings
The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 891.73 TOL
Summary
A Russian Proprietor and Other Stories is a collection of early short stories and semi-autobiographical fiction. The title story, A Russian Proprietor (originally published in Russian in 1856 as A Landlord's Morning), reflects the author's real-life experiences as a young nobleman trying to improve the lives of the serfs on his estate, only to be met with deep-seated mistrust and resistance.
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References
- Leo Tolstoy Leo-Tolstoy l Russian l Britannica
- Abe Books.
- Online Book Library.
