A Confession
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Subjects: Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Religion; Faith; Christianity
Description: <p><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/leo-tolstoy">Leo Tolstoy</a> wrote this short meditation on sadness and the meaning of life when he was middle aged. He had already completed his masterworks, <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/leo-tolstoy/anna-karenina/constance-garnett"><i>Anna Karenina</i></a> and <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/leo-tolstoy/war-and-peace/louise-maude_aylmer-maude"><i>War and Peace</i></a>, reared fourteen children, and gained fame and acclaim in Russia as a man of letters. But despite having attained that success, he still found himself unhappy and always returning to the disturbing idea that all achievement is meaningless.</p>
			<p><i>A Confession</i> is his attempt to put these thoughts in words as he teetered on the brink of suicide. It forms the first in a four-volume series that included <i>A Criticism of Dogmatic Theology</i>, <i>The Gospel in Brief</i>, and <i>What I Believe</i> (also known as <i>My Religion</i> or <i>My Faith</i>).</p>