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How Much Land Does a Man Need?

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025

Definition

A short story by Leo Tolstoy in which a peasant farmer dies attempting to encircle as much land as possible in a day, illustrating the question of what truly has value in life.

AP course connection

Topic guVS4D-qzAkoGZAPzZT99: Big Idea 2: Understand and Analyze

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