The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy + The Murder of Roger Ackroyd + The Prophet (Paperback)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.Wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable this outstanding collection features highly acclaimed short stories by Tolstoy who is regarded as one of the greatest writers in history.Among Russian writers Leo Tolstoy is probably the best known to the Western world largely because of War and Peace his epic in prose and Anna Karenina one of the most splendid novels in any language. But during his long lifetime Tolstoy also wrote enough shorter works to fill many volumes. (Book 2) First published in June 1926 ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ is voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the Best Crime Novel of all Time by Agatha Christie an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. </br> It is Agatha Christie’s most daring crime mystery. (Book 3) The Prophet is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English in 1923 by the Lebanese-American artist philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. In the book the prophet Almustafa who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people with whom he discusses many issues of life and the human condition.