Russian author Tolstoy is probably best known for his epic novels, but he also wrote many shorter works. Included here are three of his finest stories, Family Happiness, Master and Man, and Alyosha the Pot.

Russian author Tolstoy is probably best known for his epic novels, but he also wrote many shorter works. Included here are three of his finest stories, Family Happiness, Master and Man, and Alyosha the Pot.

Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is probably best known to the Western world for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but during his long lifetime Tolstoy wrote numerous shorter works to fill many volumes. Included here are two of his finest short novels--Family Happiness and Master and the Man--and one short story, "Alyosha the Pot."