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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: supposed dead man was suddenly resuscitated as
the result of his own admissions in his cups, the
wife and her second husband being consequently
arrested and condemned to a term of imprison-
ment. Tolstoy seriously attacked the subject
during the summer of 1900, and having brought
it within a measurable distance of completion in a
shorter time than was usual with him, submitted
it to the judgment of a circle of friends. The
drama made a deep impression on the privileged
few who read it, and some mention of it appeared
The Forged Coupon |
