Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

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02/22/23

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Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy audiobook.

Genre: drama

A land owner, Vasili Andreevich, takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to another town. He wishes to get to the town quickly 'for business'. They find themselves in the middle of a blizzard, but the master in his avarice wishes to press on. They eventually get lost off the road and they try to camp. The master's peasant soon finds himself about to die from hypothermia. The master leaves him on the horse to stubbornly try to find the road. When he returns, he attains a spiritual/moral revelation, and Tolstoy once again repeats one of his famous themes: that the only true happiness in life is found by living for others.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:26) Chapter 02

(00:34:21) Chapter 03

(00:50:31) Chapter 04

(01:05:59) Chapter 05

(01:21:30) Chapter 06

(01:46:19) Chapter 07

(01:52:55) Chapter 08

(02:03:35) Chapter 09

(02:16:45) Chapter 10

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Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

February 16, 2023

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185m

Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Family Happiness, Leo Tolstoy tells the intimate coming-of-age story of Masha, a motherless young woman growing up on a quiet Russian estate under the kindly guidance of her guardian, the reserved landowner Sergei Mikhailovich. When affection deepens into a sudden, life-altering proposal, Masha enters marriage with bright, romantic expectations and the hope that love will be enough to shape a complete, lasting happiness. But as the couple moves between the calm rhythms of country life and the glittering social whirl of the city, Masha confronts new temptations, shifting desires, and the unsettling realization that devotion can be tested not only by betrayal, but by boredom, pride, and miscommunication. Tolstoy follows the subtle changes in feeling that occur when passion settles into routine, when youth longs for admiration, and when two people discover that they may not be seeking the same kind of joy. Written with psychological precision and quiet emotional force, this novella explores marriage as both refuge and challenge, asking what it truly means to build a shared life when love must grow up alongside the lovers.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:13:31) Chapter 2

(00:32:19) Chapter 3

(00:53:34) Chapter 4

(01:10:21) Chapter 5

(01:28:31) Chapter 6

(01:53:28) Chapter 7

(02:14:45) Chapter 8

(02:36:51) Chapter 9

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My Confession by Leo Tolstoy ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

February 22, 2023

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168m

My Confession by Leo Tolstoy audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

'My Confession' is a brief autobiographical story of Leo Tolstoy's struggle with a mid-life existential crisis of melancholia. It describes his search for answers to the profound questions 'What will come of my life?' and 'What is the meaning of life?', without answers to which life, for him, had become 'impossible.' Tolstoy reflects on the arc of his philosophical life until then: his childhood abandonment of his Russian orthodox faith; his mastery of strength, will, power, and reason; and how, after he had achieved tremendous financial success and social status, life to him seemed meaningless. After despairing of his attempts to find answers in science, philosophy, eastern wisdom, and his fellow men of letters, he describes his turn to the wisdom of the common people and his attempts to reconcile their instinctive faith with the dictates of his reason. The main body of the text ends with the author reaching a compromise: faith, he realizes, is a necessity, but it must be constrained by reason. However, an epilogue that describes a dream he had some time after completing the body of the text suggests that he has undergone a radical personal and spiritual transformation.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:28) Chapter 02

(00:19:17) Chapter 03

(00:29:52) Chapter 04

(00:41:04) Chapter 05

(00:54:49) Chapter 06

(01:11:46) Chapter 07

(01:23:59) Chapter 08

(01:30:33) Chapter 09

(01:42:12) Chapter 10