A Landlord's Morning - Leo Tolstoy

"You always wished to appear original (...) but your originality is really nothing but excessive self-esteem. Nineteen-year-old Nekhlyudov writes to his aunt that he has given up his university studies and devoted himself entirely to the affairs of his estate. High on his own idealistic plan, he tells her that it is his sacred duty to improve the conditions for the hundreds of peasants working for him, and that he will devote his life to their happiness. Save to say, his aunt is not impressed by... Zobrazit více