<p>Written over a period of more than half a century, Tolstoy¿s enchanting short stories and novellas reflect every aspect of his developing art and outlook. <br><br>Volume 2 reveals how these spiritual intimations flowered into a series of extraordinary late masterpieces which equal anything in the earlier novels for intensity and power. <br><br>Readers of <i>The Death of Ivan Ilych, The Kreutzer Sonata, Father Sergius, Master and Man</i> and <i>Hadji Murad</i> will recognize the brilliant younger novelist, now transfigured by his passionate quest for salvation and forgiveness.</p>