Walk in the light & twenty-three tales
Book - 1998
A collection of 19th century stories with spiritual themes by the author of War and Peace. They range from A Prisoner in Caucasus to Ivan the Fool.
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- Published
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Farmington, Penn :
The Plough
1998, [c1928].
- Language
- English
Russian - Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Item Description
- "First published by Oxford University Press in 1928 and 1934"--t.p. verso.
- Physical Description
- 351 p. ; 21 cm
- ISBN
- 9781570754609
9780874869675
- Walk in the Light while there Is Light
- A Talk among Leisured People
- Walk in the Light While There Is Light
- Twenty-three Tales
- Part I. Tales for Children
- 1.. God Sees the Truth, but Waits
- 2.. A Prisoner in the Caucasus
- 3.. The Bear-Hunt
- Part II. Popular Stories
- 4.. What Men Live By
- 5.. A Spark Neglected Burns the House
- 6.. Two Old Men
- 7.. Where Love Is, God Is
- Part III. A Fairy Tale
- 8.. The Story of Ivan the Fool
- Part IV. Stories Written to Pictures
- 9.. Evil Allures, but Good Endures
- 10.. Little Girls Wiser than Men
- 11.. Ilyas
- Part V. Folktales Retold
- 12.. The Three Hermits
- 13.. The Imp and the Crust
- 14.. How Much Land Does a Man Need?
- 15.. A Grain as Big as a Hen's Egg
- 16.. The Godson
- 17.. The Repentant Sinner
- 18.. The Empty Drum
- Part VI. Adaptations from the French
- 19.. The Coffeehouse of Surat
- 20.. Too Dear!
- Part VII. Stories Given to Aid the Persecuted Jews
- 21.. Esarhaddon, King of Assyria
- 22.. Work, Death, and Sickness: A Legend
- 23.. Three Questions