it is a short story of leo tolstoy

1. LEO TOLSTOY

2. LEO TOLSTOY

3. WAR AND PEACE

4. ANNA KARENINA

5. DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH

6. HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY

17. IVAN PLAYING THE QUITOR

18. A TROIKA DROVE UP TO AKSIONOV

19. IVAN IS BEING QUESTIONED

20.  “Where did you spend last night?
 Were you alone, or with a fellow-merchant.
 Did you see the other merchant this morning?
 Why did you leave the inn before dawn?”

21. Aksionov wondered why he was asked all these questions.
“Why do you cross-question me as if I were a thief or a
robber?
 WHEN HIS LUGGAGE WAS SEARCHED , THEY FOUND A BLOOD
STAINED KNIFE.

22. THE POLICE OFFFICER TOOK OUT A BLOOD STAINED
KNIFE

23. AKSIONOV IS BEING TAKEN TO PRISON

24. He was charged with murdering a
merchant from Ryazan, and
robbing him of twenty thousand
rubles.

25. HIS WIFE WAS IN DESPAIR

26. she asked, “What can we do now?”
“We must petition the Czar .”
His wife told him that she had sent a petition to the
Czar, but it had not been accepted.
“Vanya dearest, tell your wife the
truth; was it not you who did it?”

27. HIS WIFE BEGGING HIM TO TELL THE TRUTH

28. AKSIONOV WAS HEART BROKEN
HE BEGAN TO WEEP
HE GAVE UP ALL HOPE
HE DECIDED TO APPEAL TO GOD FOR MERCY

29. HE WAS SENT TO SIBERIA AS A CONVICT
HE LEARNT TO MAKE BOOTS
HE USED TO READ THE LIFE OF SAINTS
HE WON THE RESPECT OF THE FELLOW PRISIONERS
THEY CALLED HIM , “GRAND PA OR THE SAINT “
For 26 years he lived as a convict in SIBERIA

30. THE ARRIVAL OF FRESH GANG OF CONVICTS

31. HE WAS FROM VILADIMIR
HE HAD BEEN SENT TO SIBERIYA FOR STEALING A HORSE
AKSIONOV WANTED TO KNOW FROM MAKAR ABOUT THE MURDERER
THE RESPONSE GIVEN BY MAKAR MADE AKSIONOV SUSPECT MAKAR
ONE AMONG THE CONVICTS WAS MAKAR SEMYONICH

32. SINCE THEN HE SPENT SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
HE FELT TERRIBLY UNHAPPY
HE HAD NO PEACE OF MIND
HE WANTED TO TAKE REVENGE ON MAKAR

33. One night as he was walking about the prison, he noticed
some earth that came rolling out from under one of the
shelves on which the prisoners slept.
IT WAS MAKAR WHO WAS DIGGING A TUNNEL
MAKAR WARNED AKSIONOV NOT TO DISCLOSE THE TRUTH

34. THE TUNNEL MADE BY MAKAR

35. ON THE NEXT DAY , THE OFFICIALS MADE AN INQUIRY ABOUT THE TUNNEL
NO ONE CAME FORWARD TO SAY THE TRUTH
THE GOVERNOR WANTED AKSIONOV TO SAY THE TRUTH

36. AKSIONOV’S DILEMMA
WHY SHOULD I SCREEN HIM ?
LET HIM SUFFER FOR HIS SIN.
MY SUSPICION MAY BE WRONG.
HIS DEATH COULD NOT DO HIM ANY GOOD.

37. DENOUEMENT
MAKAR MEETS AKSIONOV AND MAKES A CONFESSION
MAKAR REQUESTS AKSIONOV TO FORGIVE HIM
AKSIONOV FORGIVES MAKAR
AKSIONOV FEELS RELIEVED OF HIS QUILT
HE NO LONGER LONGS TO GO HOME
HE GETS HIMSELF READY TO EMBRACE DEATH

38. MAKAR BEGGING FOR FORGIVENESS

39. AKSIONOV RECEIVES JUSTICE IN THE COURT OF GOD

40. TRUTH ALONE TRIUMPHS

41. TRUTH TRIUMPHS

42. TRUTH TRIUMPHS

46. R ELANGO KUMAR