III
WHAT TOLSTOI WROTE
From the period of November, 1895, to 1899 Tolstoi worked on the following manuscripts:[a3]
A. Fiction
- 1. The novel Resurrection (November, 1895–February, 1896, January–February, 1897, July–December, 1898, and all of 1899).
- 2. The drama The Light That Shines in Darkness (December, 1895—planned it; January–April, 1896; October, 1896, and July–August, 1897—planned it).
- 3. The novel Hadji Murad (September, 1896; March–April, 1897—planned it; September, 1897–June, 1898).
- 4. The story Father Sergius (June, 1898; August, 1898—planned it). Besides this, there are indications that he planned during this period:
- 5. The story Who is Right? (November, 1897).
- 6. Notes of a Madman (December, 1896, January, 1897).
- 7. The drama The Living Corpse (December, 1897).
- 8. The novel The Forged Coupon (June, 1898, December, 1899).
B. Essays
- 1. The Christian Doctrine (November–December, 1895, May–July, September–December, 1896).
- 2. Shameful (December, 1895).
- 3. A Letter to the Italians (About the Abyssinians, unfinished, March–April, 1896).
- 4. What Is Art? (May–July, 1896—planned it; November, 1896–April, 1897, July, 1897–February, 1898).
- 5. How To Read the Gospels and in What Is Their Essence (July, 1896).
- 6. The Beginning of the End (September–October, 1896).
- 7. On War (unfinished—November–December, 1896).
- 8. The Appendix to The Appeal, by P. Biriukov, I. Tregubov and V. G. Chertkov—Help! (December, 1896).
- 9. The Appeal (unfinished, January–April, 1897, September, 1897–April, 1898—planned it; May–July, 1898).
- 10. Preface to the essay by Edward Carpenter, Contemporary Science (October, 1897–February, 1898).
- 11. Preface to the English edition of What Is Art? (April, 1898).
- 12. Carthago delenda est (April, 1898).
- 13. Is There Famine or No Famine? (May–June, 1898).
- 14. Two Wars (August, 1898).