A Confession

9 hrs. 46 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Leo Tolstoy

Narrator Alexander Bordukov

Description

By the time he was fifty, Leo Tolstoy was already a writer of world scale: the author of novels that brought him enduring fame. He had a family, a large estate, many children, and strong health—externally he looked like a truly successful man. However, it was exactly then that he sharply felt the loss of meaning: things that had always seemed familiar—and unquestionably important—suddenly appeared empty, and thoughts like “What for?” and “What will be next?” began to arise more and more insistently.

“Confession. On Life” is Tolstoy’s deeply personal account of the time when he began to move away from fiction and aesthetic ideals and turned to the search for a “practical religion”—one that does not promise bliss after death, but can provide support and joy in earthly life. The writer describes, without embellishment, the path from despair to inner clarity, testing again the strength of his own beliefs and even of the very concept of the meaning of life.

“Confession” — 3:12:00
“On Life” — 6:30:00
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