How Much Land Does a Man Need?

Short book that serves well as an introduction to Tolstoy. I definitely want to keep embarking on reading more of his work and can now get a grasp on the topics he talked about.

I liked the story of Pakhom and his pursuit for land more than the story of the shoemaker and his encounter with an angel. It had multiple takeaways:
- How we perceive and value a certain lifestyle, so much that we are willing to make many sacrifices in order to keep living said lifestyle.
- How much we care about what others will say about us in the groomiest of circumstances: “If I stopped now, after coming all this way, well they'd call me an idiot”.

I didn't like how big a part religion had in the two stories of the book. However I do understand and somewhat expected it because of the time it was written.

Overall a very solid, quick and easy read.