Family Happiness and Other Stories

Avaliação do volume, não do título. Impresso no papel de pior qualidade que já comprei um livro, muito semelhante a um jornal em textura.

Written from the depths of 💓. One visualise personal story and gets satisfaction.

After reading this book, I became more attracted to Leo Tolstoy's work. Small, bite size stories that are easy to swallow. But they remain true to Toltoy's strength of character and personality. I find wisdom in the way his main characters approach life, love and family. Family happiness is more like a prelude to Anna Karenina having similar storyline and character undertones. Great read! And a great introduction to Tolstoy.

Great collection of stories. An easy but thought provoking read.

I'd never read Tolstoy because I was always intimidated by the size of his major works; thus, a collection of his short stories was an appealing first step."Family Happiness" is the primary work in this book. In it, Tolstoy opines on what makes a successful marriage. I was amazed by how prescient to today was his 19th century relationship advice. Because he grasps universal and eternal elements of the human soul, his advice will be just as relevant 100 years from now.The other stories display Tolstoy's thoughts on work, faith, temptation, high-society, and ambition - among other topics - and are equally as enlightening.Tolstoy clearly did not sacrifice brevity for depth as these five short stories were all outstanding reads. A great introduction to one of history's deepest writers. Highly recommend.