In order to repay a small debt, the young student Mitya is persuaded by a friend to falsify a bank bond and cash it in. Little does he suspect that this small misdemeanour will have a profound impact on the lives of many other people around him - indirectly even leading to the gravest of crimes. This in turn sets off a long journey towards redemption and rehabilitation.
Published only in 1911, after Tolstoy`s death, The Forged Coupon examines the deep, unpredictable consequences of every human act, revealing the Russian master`s moral preoccupations in the last years of his life, as well as his rejection of Christianity`s simplistic division between good and evil.
Published only in 1911, after Tolstoy`s death, The Forged Coupon examines the deep, unpredictable consequences of every human act, revealing the Russian master`s moral preoccupations in the last years of his life, as well as his rejection of Christianity`s simplistic division between good and evil.
