The Two Brothers and the Gold explained

"The Two Brothers and the Gold" ("Два брата и золото") is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in 1885.

Influence

According to Nadejda Gorodetzky, this story discusses the joys of poverty if poverty is willingly accepted.^[1] According to the Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy, one should regard this text as different from other of Tolstoy's works, in that the narrator's stance is more objective and neutral.^[2]

Publication history

The work was published in collections in 1882 (with translations by Aylmer Maude and editing by Leo Wiener and Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright),^[3] in 1903,^[4] and again in 2016.^[5]

See also

• Bibliography of Leo Tolstoy

External links

• Original Text
  • As Translated by Robert Nisbet Bain
    • The Two Brothers and the Gold: Bain Translation, from RevoltLib.com
    • The Two Brothers and the Gold: Bain Translation, from Marxists.org
  • As Translated by Leo Wiener
    • The Two Brothers and the Gold: Wiener Translated, from RevoltLib.com
    • The Two Brothers and the Gold: Wiener Translation, from Marxists.org

Notes and References

1. Book: The Humiliated Christ in Modern Russian Thought . 70 . Nadejda Gorodetzky . 1938 . Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge .
2. Book: The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy . 2002 . Cambridge University Press . Donna Tussing Orwin.
3. Book: The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy . Leo Tolstoy . Leo Wiener . 1882 .
4. Book: More Tales from Tolstoi . Leo Tolstoy . 1903 . Brentano's .
5. Book: LEO TOLSTOY – The Ultimate Short Stories Collection: 120+ Titles in One Volume (World Classics Series) . Leo Tolstoy . 5 April 2016 . e-artnow . 9788026852445.