Talk:How Much Land Does a Man Need?

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Moral of the Story[edit]

The moral of the story is supposed to be something like "A man really only needs six feet of land" or something to that effect, but I can't remember if Tolstoy explicitly said that or if it was just heavily suggested. Anyone?

-RE:It's said at the end of the story.

  The phrase that is used is, "His servant dug a grave long enough 
  for Pahóm to be in, and buried him in it. Six feet from his head
  to his heels was all he needed." The exact phrase used may vary
  depending on the translator.  Herrnhut 10:50, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Title Error[edit]

The title is wrong please recheck it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.0.8.140 (talk) 13:40, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1885 or 1886[edit]

It is one of the short stories included in Tolstoy's collaboration called "What Men Live By, and other tales" published in 1885. At least according to this: What Men Live By. So isnt it wrong to state as publishing year 1886, when elsewhere is stated that it appeared a year before? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue cave (talk • contribs) 19:59, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Last paragraph removed[edit]

That one was, dare I say, messy. I do not know what the story is about Tolstoy's homosexuality or whatever, but that clearly has very little to do with the novel. If there is some important bit of information, it probably either belongs to the article about Leo Tolstoy himself, or to way better expanded and layed-out "making of..." paragraph, or I dunno. It made no sense at all as it was. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.141.99.99 (talk) 20:11, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yellow Text[edit]

Is there a specific reason for the yellow text in the article? It is very hard to read, and doesn't seem to be necessary. -Aaron Booth (talk) 01:23, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Six feet? Really?[edit]

If I remember the unit conversion correctly, the amount mentioned in the original Russian version corresponds to exactly seven feet (and not six as said in the article).
As such, where does the "six feet" figure come from? Is it from some early translation where the translator misestimated Russian measures? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.77.37.187 (talk) 19:53, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Summary[edit]

Blah blah blah 5.107.226.110 (talk) 14:39, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]