Master and Man is an Novel by Leo Telstoy, about a rich landowner called Vasili Andreyevich Brekhunov and one of his laborers, Nikita, who embark on a journey and learn that life is better when you don’t live for yourself only.
The novel is an interesting and entertaining short story. It has a good spread of well-painted characters, and it doesn’t focus on only one character too much; It’s almost as if there isn’t only one main character, but everybody plays a main role in the plot of the story. I would not change the plot, because it was very good and interesting.
The settings are well depicted, and perfectly pictured in the book. I can see the snow storm in my head when I read the chapter that the journey begun. I would change the way they talked about the homes. they didn’t put too much emphasis on Vasili’s or Nikita’s house, I would have talked about them more.
The words used in the book are perfectly in context and they are easy to understand even if i didn’t know what the word meant. I wouldn’t change the the way they used their wording, It fit the context very well.
I would rate this book as an 8.5 only because of the lack of emphasis on the houses.