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Three Days in the Village

Leo Tolstoy

Series of three sketches (Tramps, The Living and the Dying, Taxes) plus a closing dream, written in 1909–1910 from what Tolstoy saw around Yasnaya Polyana: the beggars at his door, poverty and seizures for taxes. Published in 1910.

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Translated by Louise y Aylmer Maude · 27 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1Three Days in the Village, and Other Sketches1′
  2. 2THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE1′
  3. 3FIRST DAY TRAMPS12′
  4. 4SECOND DAY THE LIVING AND THE DYING · 12′
  5. 5SECOND DAY THE LIVING AND THE DYING · 25′
  6. 6SECOND DAY THE LIVING AND THE DYING · 32′
  7. 7SECOND DAY THE LIVING AND THE DYING · 43′
  8. 8SECOND DAY THE LIVING AND THE DYING · 51′
  9. 9THIRD DAY TAXES8′
  10. 10CONCLUSION A DREAM13′
  11. 11SINGING IN THE VILLAGE7′
  12. 12TRAVELLER AND PEASANT11′
  13. 13A TALK WITH A WAYFARER3′
  14. 14FROM THE DIARY9′
  15. 15SIXPENNY SERIES (postage 1d.)1′
  16. 16FOURPENNY SERIES (postage 1d.)1′
  17. 17THREEPENNY SERIES (postage 1d.)1′
  18. 18PENNY SERIES (postage ½d.)1′
  19. 19TOLSTOY'S Popular Stories and Legends1′
  20. 20Five Recent Stories by Tolstoy1′
  21. 21THE DIVINE AND THE HUMAN1′
  22. 22To the WORKING PEOPLE1′
  23. 23THE ROOT OF THE EVIL1′
  24. 24A GREAT INIQUITY1′
  25. 25The SLAVERY of OUR TIMES1′
  26. 26A New Volume of Stories and the Most Recent Essays by Tolstoy1′
  27. 27TOLSTOY ON THE LAND QUESTION1′
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