"The Three Questions" | |
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Short story by Leo Tolstoy | |
Translator | Aylmer and Louise Maude |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
Genre(s) | Parable |
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Published in | What Men Live By, and Other Tales |
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Publication date | 1903[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.