How Much Land Does a Man Need?

"How Much Land Does a Man Require?"
Short story by Leo Tolstoy
An illustration of "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", 1914
Original titleМного ли человеку земли нужно?
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Genre(s)Short story
Publication
Publication date1886

"How Much Land Does a Man Require?" (Russian: Много ли человеку земли нужно?; Mnogo li cheloveku zemli nuzhno?) is an 1886 short story by Leo Tolstoy about a man who, in his lust for land, forfeits everything.