"Too Dear!" is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1897. It is a humorous account of the troubles of dealing with a criminal in the kingdom of Monaco.

2020年6月6日 · “Too Dear!” is a satire on one of the modern governance systems. It ridicules the ways in which criminals are punished and justice is dispensed in modern states. The story is narrated in fact-tone but with a sarcasm undercurrent.

2023年9月27日 · ‘Too Dear!’ tells the story of Monaco, a small kingdom in Europe. The author’s intention is to parody the efforts of the modern state to violently restrain crime. Monaco had a small population, a small army and was ruled by a kinglet.

Too Dear! (1897) (TOLSTOY'S ADAPTATION OF A STORY BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT. ) NEAR the borders of France and Italy, on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, lies a tiny little kingdom called Monaco.

“Too Dear!” is a story written by Leo Tolstoy, a famous Russian writer, master of realistic fiction, and is widely considered one of the world’s greatest novelists. The story “Too Dear!” is a parody of one of the modern systems of governance.

In Too Dear! by Leo Tolstoy we have the theme of governance, justice, morality and power. Narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator the reader realises after reading the story that Tolstoy may be exploring the theme of governance.

What does a small kingdom do with a murderer when any way of punishment is too expensive for the state? They give him a pension to fund his market-gardening venture across the border and occasional visits back to the kingdom to play roulette.

2016年8月3日 · The story “Too Dear!” is a parody of one of the modern systems of governance. It ridicules the ways of punishing criminals and dispensing justice in modern states. The story is narrated in a matter-of fact-tone but with an undercurrent of sarcasm.

2023年10月6日 · ‘Too Dear!’ is a fascinating short story by Count Leo Tolstoy, a famous Russian writer. It is adapted from an episode in Guy de Maupassant’s work ‘Sur L’eau’ in French (translated into English ‘Afloat’) and translated from Russian by Louise Maud and Aylmer Maud.

The short story "Too Dear" by Tolstoy covers topics of materialism and greed and the effects they can have on people individually and collectively. Ivan serves as a metaphor for the story's themes of the perils of attachment to worldly goods and the repercussions of pursuing wealth at any cost.