The Tolstoy Library

In which a young boy awakens to the stern yet kind attentions of his tutor, Karl Ivanitch, whose peculiar habits and quiet solitude inspire both irritation and sympathy in the child's heart. Amid the ...

19 Feb 12min

In which a loyal servant awakens to a dire and frostbitten morning alongside his unresponsive master, cloaked in snow and silence amid a relentless winter's grasp. The tale quietly unfolds the enduran...

18 Feb 6min

In which Vasili Andreevich, caught in the merciless snowstorm, strives with steady resolve to protect and warm the frostbitten Nikita beneath his fur coat, overcoming his own fear and weariness with a...

17 Feb 13min

In which Vasili Andreevich, beleaguered by the biting wind and blinding snow, endeavours to find his way through a desolate winter landscape, pained by the treacherous sameness of the storm-tossed wor...

16 Feb 10min

In which a weary servant, overcome by cold and fatigue during a harsh winter journey, reflects upon his life and sins with a quiet resignation, trusting in a higher power's mercy. As the biting cold d...

15 Feb 6min

In which Vasili Andreevich and his servant Nikita find themselves trapped overnight in a snowstorm, their fortunes and fears unfolding amid drifting snow and biting cold. As the night deepens, the wea...

14 Feb 24min

In which a weary master and his servant set out on a bleak winter journey through relentless snow and biting wind, their progress hindered by the harsh elements and uncertain paths. They wrestle with ...

13 Feb 15min

In which a weary traveller named Vasili Andreevich finds refuge in a prosperous village household, where talk of family strife and the threat of division quietly lingers beneath the conviviality of a ...

12 Feb 15min