The Forged Coupon and Other Stories

Published posthumously, The Forged Coupon (1904) is the last novella by Leo Tolstoy. It is the story of Stepan, who lives a life of evil and crime. Out to murder and torture, he is jolted into reality as one of his victims refuses to seek mercy. Now he is faced with two choices: whether to continue his life of crime or to face the consequences of his evil ways.