How Much Land Does A Man Need?

Tolstoy may be known for his gigantic works like Anna Karenina and War & Peace, but this is a very neat short story, a parable of man’s greed and ambitions. What we have is never enough, we always want more. While it was clear where the story was heading – I am pretty sure someone…

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

Tolstoy may be known for his gigantic works like Anna Karenina and War & Peace, but this is a very neat short story, a parable of man’s greed and ambitions. What we have is never enough, we always want more. While it was clear where the story was heading – I am pretty sure someone told me about it before – I enjoyed it a lot.

If you are looking to start with Tolstoy but fear to commit to one of the chunksters, this would be a very good start!

How Much Land Does A Man Need? (Little Black Classics #57) – Leo Tolstoy

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    Bookstooge

    Tolstoy: Does this book make me look fat?

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      urlphantomhive

      Compared to some of his other stories, this is quite slim though 😉

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        Bookstooge

        Yeah, he’s definitely a chunkster writer 😀

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After a day of work, Marjolein likes to wind down with a book or two, or five! Unapologetic reader of at the very least three books at any given time, she apparently is unable to settle on a favorite genre.

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