Resurrection

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828–1910) — a great Russian writer, researcher of the inner world of man, and moral foundations of personality. The agonizing search for the meaning of life, moral ideal, and hidden patterns of existence runs through all his works. The novel «Resurrection» (1899) — the last major work of the writer, which depicts the life of Russia at the end of the 19th century, showing the contrasts between the aristocracy, officials, peasants, and prisoners. At the heart of the plot is the fate of Katusha Maslova, a young woman who becomes a victim of circumstances. Seduced and abandoned by the nobleman Dmitry Nekhlyudov, she finds herself on trial for a false accusation of murder. Nekhlyudov, realizing his guilt, tries to atone for his sins, which becomes the beginning of his spiritual rebirth.