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| Author | Leo Tolstoy |
|---|---|
| Original title | Фальшивый купон (Fal'shivyi kupon) |
| Translator | Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Fiction |
Publication date | 1911 (posthumously) |
| Publication place | Russia |
The Forged Coupon (Russian: Фальшивый купон, Fal'shivyi kupon) is a novella in two parts by Leo Tolstoy. Though he first conceived of the story in the late 1890s, he did not begin writing it until 1902. After struggling for several years, he finally completed the story in 1904; however, it was not published until some of Tolstoy's shorter works were collected and anthologized after his death in 1910.[1]
- ^ R. F. Christian, Tolstoy's Diaries Volume II 1895-1910 (1985) Athlone Press, p. 452. December 13, 1897, Tolstoy lists The Forged Coupon as one of thirteen "subjects which can be, and deserve to be worked up properly." p. 473, Dec. 20, 1899, Tolstoy thought about the story and thought "Perhaps I'll write it."