Twenty-three Tales is a masterful collection of children's tales, fairy
tales, and short stories from one of the world's greatest and most
influential writers. The collection includes: . "God Sees the Truth, but
Waits" . "A Prisoner in the Caucasus" . "The Bear-Hunt" . "What Men Live
By" . "A Spark Neglected Burns the House" . "Two Old Men" . "Where Love
Is, God Is" . "The Story of Ivan the Fool" . "Evil Allures, But Good
Endures" . "Little Girls Wiser Than Men" . "Ilyás" . "The Three Hermits"
. "The Imp and The Crust" . "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" . "A Grain
As Big As A Hen's Egg" . "The Godson" . "The Repentant Sinner" . "The
Empty Drum" . "The Coffee-house of Surat" . "Too Dear!" . "Esarhaddon,
King of Assyria" . "Work, Death and Sickness, A Legend" . "Three
Questions" Russian writer COUNT LEV ("LEO") NIKOLAYEVICH TOLSTOY
(1828-1910) is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna
Karenina (1877).