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The Complete Short Stories, Volume 2 by Leo Tolstoy, John Bayley royal family With travelogues exploring different regionsWritten over a period of more than half a century, these stories reflect every aspect of Tolstoy's art and personality. They cover his experiences as a soldier in the Caucasus, his married life, his passionate interest in the peasantry, his cult of truth adn simplicity, and, above all, his growing preoccupation with religion. Ranging in scope from novellas like The Kreutzer Sonata and Hadji Murad to folk tales only a few pages long, they provide a