Tolstoy has portrayed the character of an ambitious person who leaves his servant in a pitiable condition but finally attains spiritual revelation. It is well written as it exposes human infirmities, conceits and the struggle against ...
This short story from renowned Russian author Leo Tolstoy takes on an almost fable-like quality in its stark simplicity and moral truth.
It happened in the 'seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas's Day. There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild...
Vassili Andreitch Brekhounov, a rich merchant, is not the man to let a good deal pass: one winter afternoon, he decides to visit a neighbor to negotiate the purchase of a forest, despite the storm of raging snow.
It happened in the 'seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas's Day.
This classic short tale from one of the greatest writers of the 19th century is a parable about the relationship between master and servant, the terrible power of nature, and an encounter with death that saves one man's life and another's ...