‘The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the strength of my soul, whom I have tried to set forth in all his beauty, and who has always been, is, and always will be most beautiful, is—the truth.’
Sevastopol Stories consists of three short stories by Leo Tolstoy documenting his experience during the Siege of Sevastopol in 1854 to 1855.
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909.