About This Novel
This book tells the story of the aristocratic young man Nekhludoff who seduced the adopted daughter of his aunt, the peasant girl Katyusha Maslova, causing her to become a prostitute; but when she was falsely accused of murder for money, he attended the court as a jury to try her. This seemingly coincidental event had typical social significance at the time. On the one hand, the novel presents the representative themes of the author's later years - spiritual awakening and running away from home; on the other hand, it mainly uses Nekhlyudov's experience and knowledge to show the dark side of society from cities to rural areas, and makes a profound criticism of the government, courts, prisons, churches, private ownership of land and the capitalist system.
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