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Family Happiness

Family Happiness - Penguin Archive

Short stories

Paperback (17 Apr 2025)

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Publisher's Synopsis

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books


'I'm not the sort of husband you dream of when you're walking alone along the avenue in the evening, am I? And it would be a disaster, wouldn't it?'

How does love die? This question lies at the heart of Tolstoy's desperately sad novella. It tells the story of seventeen-year-old Masha who, despite their differences, falls passionately in love with an older man, and marries him. Soon, however, the gap between them becomes unbridgeable.

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Penguin Classics

In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241746936
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
Edition: Short stories
DEWEY: 891.733
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 430
Number of pages: 144
Weight: 90g
Height: 110mm
Width: 208mm
Spine width: 21mm