About the book: year / "The crisis of life understanding, which ultimately led to experiments in simplification and gave rise to the so-called. “Tolstoyism” befell L.N. Tolstoy in the early 80s. Its reflection is given to us by three most important works of this era: 1) “So what should we do?”; 2) “Confession”; 3) “What is my faith?” These works reveal various motives that led to one desire - to leave the city, from culture, to sit on the land, to become simpler, merging with the agricultural people in work, in a religious understanding of life, in freedom from the dope of civilization. In each of these works, the preaching of simplification takes a special turn. The first reveals mainly its social motive, the second – religious, the third – dogmatic…»