'Twenty-three Tales' is a collection of short stories by the famed Russian author and moralist Leo Tolstoy. According to its publisher, Oxford University Press, the collection is about contemporary classes in Russia during Tolstoy's time, written in a brief, morality-tale style. It was translated to English by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude. It features some of his well-known stories such as, 'What Men Live By', 'Where Love Is, God Is', 'The Story of Ivan the Fool' and 'Repentance' among others.