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 RUSSIAN LITERATURE 29 X LEO NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY, 1828-1910 (Continued) TOLSTOY THE NOVELIST AND SHORT STORY WRITER 1. Tolstoy's two greatest novels. a "Anna Karenina." b "War and peace." c Reading: A selection from "War and peace." In Wiener. Anthology of Russian literature, p. 401. 2. His lesser novels and short stories. a "The Cossacks." b "The Resurrection." c "The Kreutzer sonata." d His other novels. e His short stories. Recommended Reading Anna Karenina. In Warner. Library of the world's best liter- ature, v. 25 or 37, p. 14994-15015 (extract). Tolstoi's genius reached its climax in "Anna Karenina." ... It is surely the most powerful novel written by any man of our time. ... I believe that the average man can learn more about life by reading "Anna Karenina" than he can by his own observation and experience. . . . As a study of sin the moral force of the story is tremendous. In the end the words of Paul come irresistably into the mind; "To be carnally minded is death: to be spiritually minded is life and peace." William Lyon Phelps. The death of Ivan Ilyitch. In Tolstoy. Master and man. The greatest study of death ever made. Benjamin de Casseres. The best and most original of his short stories. Gershon Katz. How much land is required for a man. In Tolstoy. Master and man. "Wonderfully artistic." Master and man. In Tolstoy. Master and man. A masterpiece.