Bez lyubvi zhit' legche

BEZ LYuBVI ZhIT' LEGChE - eto vospominaniya cheloveka, kotoryy "ubival na dueli, chtob ubit', proigryval v karty, proedal trudy muzhikov, kaznil ih, bludil, obmanyval", no vechno stremilsya k blagu i, ocenivaya proshloe, iskrenne raskaivalsya vo vsem sodeyannom. Pristupaya k izlozheniyu "trogatel'noy i pouchitel'noy" istorii svoey zhizni, L.N.Tolstoy pisal: "Ya dumayu, chto takaya napisannaya mnoyu biografiya budet poleznee dlya lyudey, chem vsya ta hudozhestvennaya boltovnya, kotoroy napolneny moi 12 tomov sochineniy..." Pered vami ispoved' goryachego serdca, kotoroe metalos' ot bezveriya k otricaniyu iskusstva, no vechno stremilos' k vnutrenney pravde: "Kogda ya podumal o tom, chtoby napisat' vsyu istinnuyu pravdu, ne skryvaya nichego durnogo moey zhizni, ya uzhasnulsya pered tem vpechatleniem, kotoroe dolzhna byla by proizvesti takaya biografiya." Seriya: Eksklyuzivnye memuary.