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After the Ball. Stories

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After the Ball. Stories
6.99 €
The collection includes works by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), written by him in his mature years: the novel "Family Happiness", the stories "Albert", "The Death of Ivan Ilyich", "Polikushka", "The Devil", "The Fake Coupon", "Kholstomer"; the stories "Notes of a Marker" and "After the Ball"; the fairy tale "The Assyrian King Esarhaddon"; the parable "Three Sons".

The writer looks at different life situations from the height of his years and experience. First love that passes by chance. Talent wasted in vain. Transformation of feelings and relationships between people in marriage. Pathological passion, gambling and alcohol that destroy a person. Some of the works are in the nature of a parable. Tolstoy's heroes realize that by harming another person, they also destroy themselves. That evil begets evil, and good begets good. Before death, they reflect on the years they lived and ask themselves: were they happy?
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