The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Novellas Ella Okstad Tolstoy's controversial novella – here

Tolstoy's controversial novella – here presented in a new translation

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The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Novellas Ella Okstad Tolstoy's controversial novella – hereDriven to his deathbed by an incurable disease, the thirty year old impoverished gentleman Chulkaturin decides to write a diary looking back on his short life. After describing his youthful disillusionment and his family's fall from grace and loss of status, the narrative focuses on his love for Liza, the daughter of a senior civil servant, his rivalry with the dashing Prince N. and his ensuing humiliation. These pages helped establish the archetype