The Tolstoy Library

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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 7min

In which Anna, burdened by the ceaseless vulgarity and falsehood surrounding her, battles with a deep despair aboard a crowded train and on a bustling platform, the world seeming all the darker for th...

3 Jun 11min

In which Anna, beset by a tumult of passionate and sombre reflections, confronts the stark realities of love and duty as she journeys towards an uncertain meeting. Her thoughts, flickering between des...

3 Jun 8min

In which Anna returns home consumed by a bitter and complex whirl of emotions, feeling isolated and scorned, her thoughts weaving through envy, suspicion, and a pervasive sense of human hatred. Overco...

3 Jun 6min