What Men Live By, and Other Tales: Mercy, Greed, and the Choices That Save or Ruin a Soul

What Men Live By, and Other Tales: Leo Tolstoy’s Moral Stories in the Maude Translation - Unabridged & Authentic

Four Timeless Tales of Love, Wisdom, Faith, and the Cost of Greed

What Men Live By, and Other Tales gathers four of Leo Tolstoy’s most powerful moral stories: clear, moving, and unforgettable tales about what people truly need, how wisdom is found, what faith means, and how greed can destroy a life. Simple on the surface and profound underneath, these stories show Tolstoy at his most direct, spiritual, and human.

What You’ll Experience

• What Men Live By: a poor shoemaker shelters a mysterious stranger and discovers the divine truth hidden inside human compassion
• Three Questions: a ruler searching for wisdom learns what time matters most, who matters most, and what duty stands before him
• How Much Land Does a Man Need?: one of Tolstoy’s sharpest parables of greed, ambition, and the terrible price of wanting more

Perfect for readers of classic short stories, Russian literature, spiritual fiction, Christian moral tales, parables, and timeless stories about love, humility, wisdom, and human need.

Why Readers Love What Men Live By, and Other Tales

Readers love this collection because Tolstoy turns the simplest situations into unforgettable moral revelations. A coat given in mercy, a question asked in pride, a dispute over belief, and a hunger for land all become stories about the soul: what people live by, what they fail to see, and what they discover too late.

Sneak Peek

"I have now understood that though it seems to men that they live by care for themselves, in truth it is love alone by which they live."

Edition Features

• Authentic Text: Complete Maude translation, unabridged
• Reader-Friendly: Clean formatting designed for focused, extended reading
• Quality Build: Matte cover with cream paper

Ready to read Tolstoy’s unforgettable stories of love, wisdom, faith, greed, and what truly sustains human life?

Title Details

• Title: What Men Live By, and Other Tales
• Author: Leo Tolstoy
• Translators: Aylmer Maude and Louise Maude
• Included Stories: What Men Live By; Three Questions; The Coffee-House of Surat; How Much Land Does a Man Need?
• Genre: Russian Literature, Moral Fiction, Classic Short Stories
• Edition: Unabridged & authentic text