The Tolstoy Library

In which Levin, confronted by the inevitability of death and the insufficiency of scientific explanations, wrestles with an anguished search for meaning beyond the convictions he once held. Tormented ...

6 Kesä 5min

In which Kitty tenderly watches over her infant amidst the quiet domestic bustle, reflecting with affectionate concern on her husband’s restless mind and unbelief—a melancholy tempered by his enduring...

6 Kesä 5min

In which the restless Vronsky, burdened by both physical pain and a haunting memory, encounters Sergey Ivanovitch on a bustling railway platform, revealing a soul wearied by life's burdens yet compell...

5 Kesä 5min

In which the shadows of tragic events are laid bare upon a provincial station platform, as a mother recounts with anguish and bitterness the ruin wrought by desperate passions upon her son and the wom...

5 Kesä 5min

In which guests, weary from travel and cloaked in the dust of the road, arrive at a peaceful country estate, where the gentle rhythms of rural life and familial affection unfold amid the warm summer a...

5 Kesä 6min

In which the travellers encounter a diverse and somewhat flawed band of volunteers bound for war, their varying characters revealed through candid conversation and the unvarnished impressions of an ol...

4 Kesä 5min

In which Sergey Ivanovitch, having devoted six years to a scholarly book that meets with indifferent and critical reception, finds his intellectual energies redirected towards the fervent public cause...

4 Kesä 8min

In which the bustling station serves as a poignant stage for farewells to volunteers bound for distant conflict, where society’s various personages mingle with a mixture of pride, anxiety, and patriot...

4 Kesä 7min