the Forged Coupon And Other Stories

The Forged Coupon and Other Stories is a novella in two sections by Leo Tolstoy. However the genesis of the story took place in the last part of the 1890s but he didnt start writing it until 1902. After battling for quite a long time he finished the story in 1904. But it was not published until some of Tolstoys other works were gathered and anthologized after his passing in 1910. The story is separated into two sections. In Part I student Mitya requires money to reimburse a debt yet his dad indignantly denies supporting him. Disheartened under the affectation of a friend Makhin Mitya just changes a $2.50 note to read $12.50 however this one detestable deed sets off a chain of occasions that influences the existence of many others when his one misrepresentation in a roundabout way makes a man murder a lady toward the finish of Part I and afterward look for recovery through religion in Part II. Having composed the novella in his withering years after his suspension Tolstoy savors the opportunity to reveal the pseudo-pity and hypocrisy and false reverence of organized religion. Yet he keeps immovable confidence in mans ability to track down the truth so the story stays confident particularly in Part II which demonstrates the way that acts of kindness can influence one more in a cascading type of influence similarly as in Part I. The novella has additionally been interpreted with the title The Counterfeit Note and The Forged Banknote.