“As a daughter she no longer exists for me. Can’t you understand? She simply doesn’t exist. Still, I ... Read more
Philosophical Fiction Short Stories
Total Stories: 39
I AN officer named Zhílin was serving in the army in the Caucasus. One day he received a ... Read more
It was Christmas Eve and although it was still afternoon, lights had begun to appear in the shops ... Read more
There were once two old men who decided to go on a pilgrimage to worship God at Jerusalem. ... Read more
Count Rostow’s affairs were going from bad to worse. He was of a warm, generous nature, with unlimited ... Read more
CHAPTER I. Polikey was a court man–one of the staff of servants belonging to the court household of ... Read more
There once lived in a village a peasant named Iván Stcherbakóf. He was comfortably off, in the prime ... Read more
“We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that ... Read more
“–AND you say that a man cannot, of himself, understand what is good and evil; that it is ... Read more
[The adventure here narrated is one that happened to Tolstoy himself in 1858. More than twenty years later ... Read more
ALYOSHA was the younger brother. He was called the Pot, because his mother had once sent him with ... Read more
It was Serozha’s birthday, and he received many different gifts; peg tops, and hobby horses, and pictures. But ... Read more