The Three Questions

"The Three Questions"
Short story by Leo Tolstoy
1916 cover
A 1916 cover illustration by Michael Sevier
TranslatorAylmer and Louise Maude
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Genre(s)Parable
Publication
Published inWhat Men Live By, and Other Tales
Media typePrint
Publication date1903[1]

"The Three Questions" is a 1903 short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy as part of the collection What Men Live By, and Other Tales. The story takes the form of a parable, and it concerns a king who wants to find the answers to what he considers the three most important questions in life.