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Master and Man

Leo Tolstoy

Translator Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude

Publisher: Ktoczyta.pl

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Summary

„"Master and Man"” is the story of L. N. Tolstoy about two people caught in a terrible snowstorm. The owner throws his worker to save his life, but he himself cannot get out... Faced with death, he rethinks his life. The merchant achieved a lot. Vasily Andreevich Brekhunov: opened a shop, two taverns, a mill, several estates... And all through his tireless passion for accumulating goodness and frugality. Never missed his chance Brekhunov. And now life bodes well: sells a neighboring landowner grove, which is real He doesn’t know the price. One trouble: you have to hurry It was more likely to give the agreed price until the provincial forest merchants seized the grove from under the nose.
Available since: 08/19/2019.
Print length: 61 pages.

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