Master and Man

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Master and Man
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Leo Tolstoy
Edited by Eleanor Aitken
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9780521153218
ClassificationsDewey:891.733 491.78/6/42
Audience
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 10 June 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Tolstoy (1828-1910) wrote Master and Man in 1894, from an idea which originated two years earlier while he was organising food centres in the famine-stricken areas of central Russia. The story is of two individuals caught in a snowstorm. By showing how they react when faced with danger and lonely death, Tolstoy expressed implicitly what he felt to be essential to man for his understanding of the meaning of life and his acceptance of death. Mrs. Aitken has stressed the Russian text first published in 1895. She includes a brief introductory essay on Tolstoy and Master and Man and provides notes on the text and a full vocabulary.