The Forged Coupon (written c. 1904, published 1911) is a fascinating late Tolstoy novella tracing the spreading consequences of a single act of fraud — a schoolboy’s forged currency coupon — through an intricate chain of cause and effect that touches dozens of lives. It is Tolstoy the moralist at his most structurally inventive, combining his deep ethical concerns with a thriller-like plot architecture.
The other stories in this collection share the same preoccupation with moral responsibility and spiritual renewal. Download the free EPUB to explore Tolstoy’s late fiction at its most distinctive.