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Books Like A Confession

Tolstoy's spiritual crisis at the height of his fame — one of the great works of religious autobiography

A Confession (1882) is Tolstoy's account of his depression at the peak of his success — when the question 'what is the point?' could not be answered by philosophy, science, or his class's evasions — and his eventual discovery of meaning in the living faith of the peasant people.