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  • God Sees the Truth, But Waits

  • A Leo Tolstoy Short Story
  • By: Leo Tolstoy
  • Narrated by: Deaver Brown
  • Length: 19 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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God Sees the Truth, But Waits

By: Leo Tolstoy
Narrated by: Deaver Brown
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God Sees the Truth, But Waits engages a subject that would have suited Dostoyevsky. But Dostoyevsky would have written it with a tone of fist-waving anger and frustration, while Tolstoy wrote this story with an accepting, non-violent attitude toward the grievances described. The protagonist has been wrongly accused of murder, separated from his family for 26 years, and by circumstance meets the real murderer in Siberia. Meanwhile, he has gained an important role in the Siberian community and is trusted by the warden and prisoners alike. He spies the murderer trying to escape and is threatened, but still does not speak out when asked to by the warden. This profoundly moves the murderer, who seeks forgiveness from the protagonist, who says, “Only God can give forgiveness.” The murderer confesses, the protagonist exonerated and is ordered released from prison, but is found dead when the release notice comes - a classic Russian ending.
Public Domain (P)2011 Christina Brown
Anthologies Classics Short Story
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Not well read at all.

Shame that a great writer's work can be reduced to meaningless pap by an insensitive reader. This reading is without expression or sympathy for the writing in any way.

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