Ivan the Fool

Author(s): Leo Tolstoy, Benjamin R. Tucker

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Narrators: Larry Caplan, Dorlene Kaplan

Number of Chapters: 12

Length: 1 hour and 08 minutes

Language: English

Written after Tolstoy suffered a spiritual crisis, Ivan the Fool is a fairy tale that offers children instruction in how to live rightly, simply, and generously. The story emphasizes the destructive aspects of materialism and militarism while idealizing manual labor and the peasant life. (Introduction by Dorlene Kaplan)