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What Men Live By, and Other Tales
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Creators: graf Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Aylmer Maude (1858-1938) [Translator], and Louise Maude (1855-1939) [Translator] "What Men Live By, and Other Tales" by Leo Tolstoy is a collection of short stories published in 1885. The title story follows Simon, a poor shoemaker who encounters a mysterious naked stranger near a chapel. Despite his own poverty, Simon brings the man home, naming him Michael and employing him as an assistant. As years pass, Michael displays strange behavior—smiling at peculiar moments and seeming to know things before they happen. The collection explores profound questions about human existence, compassion, and divine purpose. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 89.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 3517