"Although he feared death, he could not stop. 'If I stopped now, after all this journey - they would call me a fool!' A series of short stories about greed, charity, life, and death from one of Russia's most influential writers and thinkers.

Introduction of the Little Black Classics: 80 books for the 80th anniversary of Penguin. The Little Black Classics celebrate the great variety and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from all over the world and many eras. They take us from a balloon flight over Victorian London to a garden of blossoming flowers in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century Californian and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and wild; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspiring; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). Works by Tolstoy available in Penguin Classics include Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, The Cossacks and other stories, The Kreutzer Sonata and other stories, What Is Art?, Resurrection, The Death of Ivan Ilyich and other stories, Master and Man and other stories, How Much Land Does a Man Need? and other stories, A Confession and other Religious Writings and Last Steps: The Late Writings of Leo Tolstoy.

Pages: 64, Dimensions: 11x11cm