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This is the story of the labourer Emelian, who got married to a beautiful woman. When the king of the land saw Emelian’s wife, he fell in love with her. The king and his advisers thought up various schemes to get rid of Emelian, but they all backfired, so the couple lived happily ever after.

A children’s story about the origin of the Great Bear constellation. There was a drought on the earth: The rivers dried up and the trees withered, and and men and beasts died of thirst. One night, a little girl went out with a pitcher to find some water for her sick mother. On her journey, the water and the pitcher took on miraculous properties.

After a year of marriage, Eugene Irtenev's wife, Liza, employs two peasant women. One of them is Stepanida, with whom Eugene had a passionate relationship prior to meeting Liza. Eugene notices Stepanida dancing, and their glances rekindle his desire. Tormented by lust, he thinks of resuming relations with her, but realizes that the affair would cause too much of a scandal.

A Prisoner of the Caucasus is an 1872 novella by Leo Tolstoy about two Russian soldiers kidnapped by the enemy for ransom. They were held in custody for some time. They try to escape twice, but one of them succeeds the second time with the help of a local woman.

"The Emperor’s Three Questions" is a parable of an emperor who seeks out a holy man for answers to questions he believes will help him to be a great ruler. Knowing that wisdom needs to be experienced, the holy man cannot just tell the emperor. The answers that unfold in the narrative will be better remembered.

This story, also translated as "The Imp and the Bread", concerns a peasant whose piece of bread was stolen by a little demon who hoped it would make the peasant curse. The opposite happened. The devil was displeased, and the imp set out on a successful three-year plan to make the peasant sin.

Tolstoy wrote this fascinating story in 1903. It is a parable about God ‘s creation of work, death, and sickness in order to make mankind happier. Finally, God saw that mankind did not really want to be happy, so he left them alone.

A short story by the Russian author and moral philosopher Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, known as Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). The story, first published in 1912 as "Notes of a Madman", is written from the perspective of an individual who seemed to not be quite sane, and who was examined by doctors. The opinions of the doctors were divided; they argued among themselves and came at last to the conclusion that he was not mad. But this was due to the fact that he tried hard during the examination not to be himself.

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.

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.

Der alte Schuhmacher Martin, der Weib und Sohn verloren hat, sucht Trost im Evangelium. Und er fragt sich, wie es wohl wäre, wenn Gott zu ihm zu Besuch käme. Doch lange kann er nicht nachsinnen, denn Martin erhält wirklich Besuch: Von einem alten Mann, einer jungen Frau mit ihrem Kind und einer Apfelhändlerin, die von einem kleinen Jungen bestohlen wird. Erst später, als er wieder in der Bibel liest, realisiert Martin, wer ihn da tatsächlich besucht hat... Eine anrührende Geschichte über gute Taten - und wie sie belohnt werden!

A classic collection of holiday short stories for children featuring a kidnapped Santa, busy elves and a brave tin soldier, amongst others.

Ein in die Jahre gekommener Wallach erzählt den anderen Pferden seines Gehöfts die Geschichte seines beeindruckenden Lebens. Außenseiter haben es nicht leicht, das musste der als Schecke geborene Gaul bereits unmittelbar nach seiner Geburt erfahren. Obwohl von edlem Geschlecht, wird er aufgrund seiner unregelmäßigen weißen Farbflecke weder für den Reitsport geschweige denn für die Zucht eingesetzt, sodass er als Arbeitstier und Droschken-Antrieb sein Dasein fristen muss. Als er eines Tages mehr zum Spaß gegen ein Rennpferd laufen soll, überholt der Schecke zur Überraschung aller dieses.

"Kazaki" - po odnoimennoy povesti. Opublikovannaya v 1863 godu povest' L'va Tolstogo rasskazyvaet o prebyvanii yunkera v stanitse terskih kazakov. Ispolniteli: Gerasimov Evgeniy, Doronin Vitaliy, Karachentsov Nikolay, Shakurov Sergey, Durov Lev, Andrianova Mariya, Kryuchkova Svetlana, Abdulov Vsevolod, Komarov Yuriy, Borzunov Aleksey, Batalov A. i dr.

"Otets Sergiy" - povest', napisannaya L'vom Tolstym v 1890 godu i opublikovannaya v 1911 godu. Radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu proizvedeniyu. Ispolnyaet Mihail Tsarev.

"Zhivoy trup" - radiospektakl' Malogo teatra po odnoimennoy p'ese. P'esa L'va Tolstogo, napisannaya v 1900 godu i opublikovannaya posmertno. Nesmotrya na to, chto syuzhet proizvedeniya doveden do logicheskoy razvyazki, ono ne mozhet schitat'sya zakonchennym: avtor prerval rabotu nad p'esoy, ostaviv ee na stadii chernovika. Eto podtverzhdaetsya slovami iz pis'ma pisatelya k V. G. Chertkovu ot 12 dekabrya 1900 goda: "Dramu ya, shutya, ili, vernee, baluyas', ya napisal nacherno, no ne tol'ko ne dumayu ee teper' konchat' i pechatat', no ochen' somnevayus', chtoby ya kogda-nibud' eto sdelal".

Auferstehung ist der dritte Roman von Leo Tostoi. Er erschien im Jahr 1899. Inhalt: Ein adliger Gutsherr ist Geschworener bei Gericht. Er erkennt in einer angeklagten Prostituierten ein von ihm in der Osternacht, dem Fest der Auferstehung von Jesus, verführtes Mädchen wieder. Er fühlt sich mitschuldig an ihrem Schicksal und bemüht sich um eine Urteilsrevision. Ob das gelingt? Bearbeitung: Fred von Hoerschelmann, Regie: Cläre Schimmel

本有声书取材于真实事件，描写男主人公聂赫留朵夫引诱姑妈家女仆玛丝洛娃，使她怀孕并被赶出家门。后来，她沦为妓女，因被指控谋财害命而受审判…… 本有聲書取材於真實事件，描寫男主人公聶赫留朵夫引誘姑媽家女僕瑪絲洛娃，使她懷孕並被趕出家門。後來，她淪為妓女，因被指控謀財害命而受審判……

This a handpicked collection of some of the greatest Christian stories ever written. When we speak of these works as Christian stories, we mean that each story has a powerful Christian message based on Jesus' teachings. Three of the stories are from Jesus himself. Others were written by devout believers like Henry Van Dyke and Johanna Spyri. Yet, one of the authors, Mark Twain, was not a Christian himself, but his story reveals profound insights into the teachings of Christ.

"The Death of Ivan Ilyich", first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s.

The novel tells the story of the death, at age 45, of a high court judge in 19th century Russia. Living what seems to be a good life, his dreadful relationship with his wife notwithstanding, Ivan Ilyich Golovin bangs his side while putting up curtains in a new apartment intended to reflect his family's superior status in society.