What Men Live by and Other Tales
Looking up, he saw something whitish behind the shrine. The daylight was fading, and the shoemaker peered at the thing without being able to make out what it was. "There was no white stone here before. Can it be an ox? It's not like an ox. It has a head like a man, but it's too white; and what...
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Looking up, he saw something whitish behind the shrine. The daylight was fading, and the shoemaker peered at the thing without being able to make out what it was. "There was no white stone here before. Can it be an ox? It's not like an ox. It has a head like a man, but it's too white; and what could a man be doing there?" He came closer, so that it was clearly visible. To his surprise it really was a man, alive or dead, sitting naked, leaning motionless against the shrine. Terror seized the shoemaker, and he thought, "Some one has killed him, stripped him, and left him there. If I meddle I shall surely get into trouble." Also includes "Three Questions," "The Coffee House of Surat," and "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780809593316 (0809593319)
Publish date: March 1st 2004
Publisher: Wildside Press
Pages no: 124
Edition language: English
I just love Leo Tolstoy's writing style. Great classics. "How much land does a man need" is one hell of an outstanding story. Love the unexpected ending.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6157TWELVE TYPES BY G.K. CHESTERTON WHAT MEN LIVE BY: A shoemaker named Simon, who had neither house nor land of his own, lived with his wife and children in a peasant's hut, and earned his living by his work. Work was cheap, but bread was dear, and what he earned he ...