Семейное счастие. Повести

V sbornik voshli proizvedenii͡a Lʹva Nikolaevicha Tolstogo (1828-1910), napisannye im v zrelom vozraste: roman "Semeĭnoe schastie", povesti Alʹbert, Smertʹ Ivana Ilʹicha, Polikushka, Dʹi͡avol, Falʹshivyĭ kupon, Kholstomer; rasskazy "Zapiski markëra" i "Posle bala"; skazka "Assiriĭskiĭ t͡sarʹ Asarkhadon"; pritcha "Tri syna". Pisatelʹ s vysoty svoikh let i opyta smotrit na raznye zhiznennye situat͡sii. Pervai͡a li͡ubovʹ, kotorai͡a prokhodit po vole sluchai͡a. Zagublennyĭ naprasno talant. Transformat͡sii͡a chuvstv i otnosheniĭ mezhdu li͡udʹmi v brake. Patologicheskai͡a strastʹ, azartnye igry i alkogolʹ, razrushai͡ushchie cheloveka. Nekotorye proizvedenii͡a nosi͡at kharakter pritchi. Geroi Tolstogo osoznai͡ut, chto prichini͡ai͡a vred drugomu cheloveku, oni gubi͡at i sebi͡a. Chto zlo porozhdaet zlo, a dobro porozhdaet dobro. Refleksirui͡ut pered smertʹi͡u o prozhitykh godakh i zadai͡utsi͡a voprosom: a byli li oni schastlivy?

The collection includes works by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), written by him in adulthood: the novel "Family Happiness", the novellas Albert, the Death of Ivan Ilyich, Polikushka, the Devil, the Fake Coupon, the Canvas Meter; the short stories "Marker's Notes" and "After the Ball"; the fairy tale "Assyrian King Esarhadon"; the parable "Three a son." The writer looks at different life situations from the height of his years and experience. The first love that happens by chance. A wasted talent. Transformation of feelings and relationships between people in marriage. Pathological passion, gambling and alcohol that destroy a person. Some works have the character of a parable. Tolstoy's characters realize that by harming another person, they are ruining themselves. That evil begets evil, and good begets good. Before they die, they reflect on the years they have lived and ask themselves: were they happy?