The Novels And Other Works Of Lyof N Tolstoi Vol 2

Excerpt from The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi, Vol. 2: Resurrection It was morning before Nekhludoff could fall asleep, and therefore he woke late. At noon seven men chosen from among the peasants at the foreman's invitation, came into the orchard, where the foreman's invitation, came into the orchard, where the foreman had arranged a table and benches by digging posts into the ground, and fixing boards on the top, under the apple tees. It took some time before the peasants could be persuaded to put on their caps and to sit down in the benches. Especially firm was the ex-soldier, who to-day had bark shoes on. He stood erect, holding, his cap as they do at funerals, according to military regulation. When one of them, a respectable looking, brood shouldered old man, with a curly, grizzly beard like that of Michel Angelo's "Mouse," and grey hair that curled round the brown, bald forehead, put on his big cap, and, wrapping his coat round him, got in behind the tables and sat down, the rest followed his example.When all had taken their places, Nekhuludoff sat down opposite them and leaning on the table over the paper on which he had drawn up his project, he began explaining it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."