Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2006-02-05 Public domain in the USA. 932 Tolstoy, Leo, graf 1828 1910 Толстой, Лев Николаевич Tolstoi, Leo Tolstoy, Lev N. Tolstoï, Léon Tolstoy, Graf Leo Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevic Maude, Aylmer 1858 1938 Maude, Louise 1855 1939 Maude, Louise Shanks Shanks, Louise Father Sergius Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Sergius Produced by Judith Boss, and David Widger "Father Sergius" by Leo Tolstoy is a poignant short story written in the late 19th century, specifically during the 1890s. The narrative follows the life of Prince Stepan Kasatsky, who abandons his aristocratic lifestyle to become a monk after a disillusioning experience in his personal life, highlighting themes of faith, pride, and the search for authentic spirituality. The story unfolds the journey of Prince Stepan Kasatsky, who, after discovering that his fiancée had been the mistress of Emperor Nicholas I, retreats from society to seek a higher purpose in monastic life. He grapples with temptations and his inner demons while striving for humility and purity to fulfill his newfound religious vocation. However, as he gains renown for his piety and supposed miracles, he becomes ensnared in the very vanity he sought to escape. Eventually, after a moment of profound moral struggle and failing to resist temptation, Sergius renounces his earlier monastic life, dedicating himself instead to living humbly among the poor, ultimately finding a more genuine expression of faith and service to others. This transformation suggests a deep exploration of the complexities within spirituality and the human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adultery -- Fiction Monks -- Fiction Russia -- Fiction Betrothal -- Fiction Russian fiction -- Translations into English Russia. Armiia -- Officers -- 19th century -- Fiction Monasteries -- Russia -- Fiction Miracle workers -- Fiction PG Text Category: Short Stories Category: Russian Literature 142014 2025-10-01T07:53:45.851564 text/html 142591 2021-01-27T22:47:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 47732 2021-01-27T22:47:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 112892 2025-10-01T07:53:49.953511 application/epub+zip 113220 2025-10-01T07:53:47.416551 application/epub+zip 113220 2025-10-01T07:53:46.411520 application/epub+zip 208608 2025-10-01T07:53:51.901528 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196416 2025-10-01T07:53:49.367543 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 163114 2022-09-01T09:02:45.701844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119643 2025-10-01T07:53:45.534550 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119573 2016-09-10T13:17:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 45189 2016-09-10T13:19:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 118083 2009-07-08T18:53:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 44967 2009-07-08T19:12:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23852 2025-10-01T07:53:52.039518 application/rdf+xml 11878 2025-10-01T07:53:46.893521 image/jpeg 3156 2025-10-01T07:53:46.651524 image/jpeg 110177 2025-10-01T07:53:45.863530 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia