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    Written by one of the world's most famous and beloved storytellers, this attractively packaged book includes three tales: Where Love Is, There God Is Also, The Hermits, and What Men Live By.Tolstoy is best known for his classic works, War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

    He takes off his cloth coat, wraps it around the stranger and also gives him the extra pair of boots he was carrying. Then he takes him home, feeds him and let him stay for the night. The next day he tells him he can stay as his assistent, and asks him for his name. The man says he's simply called Michael. Michael stays and works with Simon for six years. In all this time he only smiles three times... Then comes the day he leaves, and explaines what happened to him...

    Geoffrey's demonstration of true friendship and faith knows no bounds. The ridicule and taunting he endures does not prevent him from risking his life for the safety of his “friends.” But when he must face the ultimate challenge, will Geoffrey have the strength to remain true to the last?

    Half a hundred poems here voice in homely fashion the poet's greetings, and glorify the ties that everywhere bind kindly human hearts together.

    Thankful to be alive, they begin to explore their new island home, learning by necessity the skills required to survive. After enjoying a happy season on their own, the siblings help rescue the passengers and crew of another ship wrecked near their island during a storm. A colony is soon established, but the need for actual government quickly becomes apparent as the newcomers begin struggling and fighting amongst themselves. The biblical virtues of a godly woman begin to be felt by all, and the sailors ask the peaceable, gentle, and wise Paulina to be their "queen." Paulina consents and helps govern the new colony with the assistance, oversight and protection of her brothers. Join the Rigondas and their new friends as they struggle to survive and return home in "The Island Queen."

    This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1887 edition by Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig.