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In the winter of 1854 Tolstoy, then an officer in the Russian army, arranged to be transferred to the besieged town of Sebastopol. Wishing to see at first hand the action of what would become known as the Crimean War, he was spurred on by a fierce patriotism, but also by an equally fierce desire to alert the authorities to appalling conditions in the army. The three Sebastopol Sketches - 'December', 'May' and 'August' - re-create what happened during different phases of the siege and its effect on the ordinary men around him.

एक विवाहित स्त्री के जीवन में आये एक पुरुष से उसके सम्बन्ध का यह आख्यान विश्व साहित्य की अमर, क्लासिक कृतियों में शुमार है. यह उपन्यास विधा की भी महानतम उपलब्धियों में से एक माना जाता है. उत्कृष्ट हिंदी अनुवाद में यह सम्पूर्ण कृति पहली बार हिंदी ऑडियो में.

एक विवाहित स्त्री के जीवन में आये एक पुरुष से उसके सम्बन्ध का यह आख्यान विश्व साहित्य की अमर, क्लासिक कृतियों में शुमार है. यह उपन्यास विधा की भी महानतम उपलब्धियों में से एक माना जाता है. उत्कृष्ट हिंदी अनुवाद में यह सम्पूर्ण कृति पहली बार हिंदी ऑडियो में.

When a troubled schoolboy forges a cash coupon to pay off a debt, his deed starts off a chain reaction of tragedies that effects the lives of dozens, leading to thefts, imprisonments, murders, and in the end redemption. Originally published posthumously, this was one of the last works of Tolstoy, now excommunicated and raging against the hypocrisies of the Russian state and church.

God Sees the Truth, but Waits (1872) is the story of a man falsely convicted and imprisoned in Siberia for a murder he did not commit. Tolstoy explores themes of forgiveness, faith, and guilt in this narrative, which inspired a novella by Stephen King and the film The Shawshank Redemption.