The Devil

1 hr. 30 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Leo Tolstoy

Narrator Vladimir Fomin

Description

Yevgeniya Irtseyev was foretold a successful career. He had all the prerequisites for it: excellent home education, a brilliant graduation from the Faculty of Law at St. Petersburg University, and connections with high circles thanks to his recently deceased father. He had already begun working in the ministry under the patronage of a minister. He had a significant—though questionable—fortune. His father, living abroad and in St. Petersburg, gave six thousand to his sons—Yevgeniya and his elder brother Andrey, who served in the Cavalry Guards. The father and mother spent a lot of money, and the father only came to the estate for a short time in summer, without taking part in its management and fully trusting it to the steward, who likewise did not pay proper attention to the estate.