Essays and Letters (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Essays and Letters<br/><br/>The articles in this volume of Essays and Letters all belong to one period of Tolstoy's career (the years 1888-1903). The subjects with which they deal are religion and moral duty: what man should believe and do, and what he should not believe and not do.<br/><br/>Some of the letters are of the nature of rough essays or drafts of essays, but if less carefully finished than the longer essays, they have the special merit of showing Tolstoy's opinions in application to certain people and to certain definite conditions. They thus help to bridge the gulf between theory and practice.<br/><br/>Some of the articles in this book are now published, in English, for the first time; and most of the articles are newly translated. During their preparation I have had the great advantage of receiving repeated assistance from Lea Tolstoy, as well as kind encouragement.<br/><br/>Footnotes that occur in the original are marked L. T. For those not so marked I am responsible.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.