A Confession - Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Public domain

Category: Spiritual & Religious

Narrator: Simon Vance

Tags: Spiritual & Religious, Classic, Adults

Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins Release date: 01-31-11 Publisher: christianaudio.com, At this time I began to write, from vanity, greed, and pride. In my writings I did exactly as in life. In order to possess the glory and the wealth for whose sake I wrote, it was necessary to conceal the good, and to display the bad. And so I did., Tolstoys autobiographical essay is a dissection of his soul, a study of his lifes movement away from the religious certainties of youth, and a vital piece of reading which contextualizes the great works he is best known for. Marking the point at which his life moved from the worldly to the spiritual, Tolstoys philosophical reassessment of the Orthodox faith is a work that holds vital spiritual and intellectual importance to this very day., A review - First things first: Simon Vance is, as usual, an impeccable narrator. This book takes you right down to the bottom of where you actually stand on the mystery of life. And it seems to give you only two options out of