Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy, Fiction, Literary -- Leo Tolstoy

<p>In Petersburg in the eighteen-forties a surprising event occurred. An officer of the Cuirassier Life Guards, a handsome prince who everyone predicted would become aide-de-camp to the Emperor Nicholas I and have a brilliant career, left the service, broke off his engagement to a beautiful maid of honor, a favorite of the Empress's, gave his small estate to his sister, and retired to a monastery to become a monk. This event appeared extraordinary and inexplicable to those who did not know his inner motives, but for Prince Stepan Kasatsky himself it all occurred so naturally . . .</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Leo Tolstoy<br><b>Publisher:</b> Wildside Press<br><b>Published:</b> 03/01/2004<br><b>Pages:</b> 116<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.40lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780809593255<p></p>