“God Sees the Truth, But Waits” is a short story by Leo Tolstoy. It was originally published in 1872. The story follows Ivan Aksionov, who is sent to prison for a murder he did not commit. He undergoes a series of personal changes during his time in prison, as he struggles to maintain hope in his bleak circumstances. The story explores themes of pain, religion, and serenity.
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Leo Tolstoy is one of the most important novelists in Western literature. The breadth of his vision and the range of his accomplishments are immense. His 1928- 1958 collected works comprise 90 volumes...
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The Russian novelist and moral philosopher Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) ranks as one of the world's great writers, and his War and Peace has been called the greatest novel ever written.Leo Tolstoy was one ...
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Few writers and thinkers have had the widespread, long-lasting influence of Russia's Leo Tolstoy. Besides creating War and Peace and Anna Karenina, two of the most celebrated novels in world literatur...
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"Let him pay for his torments. But if I tell on him, they really will flog him. And what if I suspect him wrongly? And so what? Will it make me feel any better"" (God Sees the Truth, but Waits Pg. 227...
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Leo (Nikolaevich) Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
