Father Sergius

Father Sergius is a novel written by the famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The book tells the story of a young man named Sergei Ivanovich, who is born into a wealthy and privileged family. Despite his privileged upbringing, Sergei feels a deep sense of emptiness and yearning for a more meaningful life.After a series of spiritual experiences, Sergei decides to become a monk and devotes his life to serving God. He becomes known as Father Sergius and gains a reputation as a holy and devout man. However, his faith is tested when he is confronted with temptation in the form of a beautiful woman who is determined to seduce him.As Father Sergius struggles to resist the woman's advances, he is forced to confront his own weaknesses and flaws. The novel explores themes of faith, temptation, and redemption, and offers a powerful meditation on the nature of human desire and the search for spiritual fulfillment.With its vivid characters, richly detailed setting, and profound insights into the human condition, Father Sergius is widely regarded as one of Tolstoy's greatest works. It is a timeless masterpiece that continues to captivate readers with its powerful message of hope, faith, and redemption.For some weeks Father Sergius had been living with one persistent thought: whether he was right in accepting the position in which he had not so much placed himself as been placed by the Archimandrite and the Abbot. That position had begun after the recovery of the fourteen-year-old boy. From that time, with each month, week, and day that passed, Sergius felt his own inner life wasting away and being replaced by external life.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.