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The Awakening

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"The Awakening" by Leo Tolstoy is a novel published in 1899. A nobleman serving on a jury recognizes the defendant—a prostitute accused of murder—as a young woman he seduced and abandoned years earlier. Confronting his guilt, he attempts to help her as she faces exile to Siberia. His journey exposes him to a hidden world of injustice, cruelty, and human suffering beneath his privileged existence. The novel critiques Russian society, man-made laws, and institutional hypocrisy while exploring one man's search for redemption.

The Awakening, by graf Leo Tolstoy. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #17352.

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92 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I1,139 words
  2. 2.Chapter II1,787 words
  3. 3.Chapter III1,776 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV869 words
  5. 5.Chapter V768 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI1,020 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII975 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII970 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX1,015 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: The indictment read as follows996 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI1,861 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Yes, it was Katiousha1,534 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII833 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV1,305 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV1,434 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI1,014 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII727 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII976 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX758 words
  20. 20.Chapter XX1,064 words
  21. 21.Chapter XXI1,626 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXII842 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXIII2,420 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIV893 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXV506 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXVI1,562 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVII1,526 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVIII2,054 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXIX969 words
  30. 30.Chapter XXX1,138 words
  31. 31.Chapter XXXI974 words
  32. 32.Chapter XXXII1,389 words
  33. 33.Chapter XXXIII1,255 words
  34. 34.Chapter XXXIV1,224 words
  35. 35.Chapter XXXV898 words
  36. 36.Chapter XXXVI753 words
  37. 37.Chapter XXXVII1,231 words
  38. 38.Chapter XXXVIII665 words
  39. 39.Chapter XXXIX1,620 words
  40. 40.Chapter XL881 words
  41. 41.Chapter XLI1,343 words
  42. 42.Chapter XLII643 words
  43. 43.Chapter XLIII1,813 words
  44. 44.Chapter XLIV846 words
  45. 45.Chapter XLV736 words
  46. 46.Chapter XLVI1,168 words
  1. 47.Chapter XLVII964 words
  2. 48.Chapter XLVIII1,179 words
  3. 49.Chapter XLIX947 words
  4. 50.Chapter L: "May I look in?" asked Nekhludoff776 words
  5. 51.Chapter LI698 words
  6. 52.Chapter LII759 words
  7. 53.Chapter LIII588 words
  8. 54.Chapter LIV552 words
  9. 55.Chapter LV1,214 words
  10. 56.Chapter LVI762 words
  11. 57.Chapter LVII1,298 words
  12. 58.Chapter I1,945 words
  13. 59.Chapter II897 words
  14. 60.Chapter III1,159 words
  15. 61.Chapter IV1,099 words
  16. 62.Chapter V1,597 words
  17. 63.Chapter VI1,341 words
  18. 64.Chapter VII534 words
  19. 65.Chapter VIII1,727 words
  20. 66.Chapter IX1,623 words
  21. 67.Chapter X1,548 words
  22. 68.Chapter XI951 words
  23. 69.Chapter XII992 words
  24. 70.Chapter XIII1,023 words
  25. 71.Chapter XIV1,332 words
  26. 72.Chapter XV821 words
  27. 73.Chapter XVI1,377 words
  28. 74.Chapter XVII1,825 words
  29. 75.Chapter XVIII1,536 words
  30. 76.Chapter XIX883 words
  31. 77.Chapter XX1,509 words
  32. 78.Chapter XXI1,041 words
  33. 79.Chapter XXII1,563 words
  34. 80.Chapter XXIII987 words
  35. 81.Chapter XXIV1,581 words
  36. 82.Chapter XXV1,051 words
  37. 83.Chapter I730 words
  38. 84.Chapter II645 words
  39. 85.Chapter III586 words
  40. 86.Chapter IV695 words
  41. 87.Chapter V1,290 words
  42. 88.Chapter VI711 words
  43. 89.Chapter VII2,324 words
  44. 90.Chapter VIII1,103 words
  45. 91.Chapter IX718 words
  46. 92.Chapter X1,854 words