Family Happiness. Stories

The writer views various life situations from the heights of his years and experience. First love, which comes by chance. A wasted talent. The transformation of feelings and relationships between people in marriage. Pathological passion, gambling, and alcohol that destroy a person. Some works have a parable-like nature. Tolstoy's heroes realize that by harming another person, they also harm themselves. That evil begets evil, and good begets good. They reflect before death on the years lived and ask themselves: were they happy?