Resurrection is a novel by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, genre: Russian classics. In a district court with jurors, a case is heard concerning the kidnapping of money and poisoning that resulted in the death of merchant Smelkov. Among the three defendants stands the petty bourgeoiswoman Ekaterina Maslova, who works as a prostitute. Maslova is found not guilty, but due to a judicial error, she is sentenced to four years of hard labor in Siberia. At the trial, among the jurors, is Prince Dmitry Nekhlyudov, who recognizes in the defendant the girl he seduced and abandoned about ten years earlier. Feeling guilty toward Maslova, Nekhlyudov decides to hire a well-known lawyer for her, appeal the case in cassation, and help with money.