The Candle. A Short Story by Leo Tolstoy

An insightful short story by the master of literature, Leo Tolstoy.

[@francislarv3012]

Getting to like Tolstoy more and more.

[@Wise4HarvestTime]

Tolstoy is amazing! I just started listening to his stories today or maybe yesterday, but the 3 I have listened to are absolutely amazing

[@honahwikeepa2115]

Our grandchildren are reading Tolstoy. Thank you kindly. 👍👏🙏

[@carlalakins]

You had to have left after 25 seconds because the background music was an intro and only lasted 30 seconds. Sorry you missed this one… as it was a lovely story!

[@terryl858]

Just wonderful

[@FranceRoque-yi4py]

Its a beautiful story i love it...

[@devakikaren]

How grateful I am to have found this site. Thank you.

[@user-ph2sj1ky9u]

What an event¡ Aĺl Powerful God!!!

[@Kaytee-miow]

May God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, grant you all things needful for your salvation. Please remember the original Church that The Lord anointed and gathered is still worshipping and empowered for our life, especially in these times when martyrdom will be in every city around the world. The Orthodox Church continues to feed and clothe us in Holy garments as we use the armour of God to struggle and fight against the deception and wickedness of these days, Christ's Saints as our allies and who are not complete without us, neither we, them. Hebrews 11. Orthodox Christian Faith unchanged and active in Christ by The Holy Spirit since 33AD. Come and See

[@georgehartler3423]

One has to be able to read and understand the Russian language and these translations are fantastic,. It behooves you to understand the words

[@drivebyquipper]

How well does it translate? I don't know Russian.

[@drivebyquipper]

You know what? The same thing goes with the Bible. Then, scoffers want to nitpick nonsense. The gist is intact.

[@drivebyquipper]

I am a professional artist. I am in awe of the illustrations. I am humbled.

[@drivebyquipper]

Please don't tell me it's AI. Lol!

[@said8500]

Hi

[@said8500]

1:15

[@HughesMath1]

One of my favorites

[@belitamascarenhas3527]

Beautifully ❤ told

[@belitamascarenhas3527]

Excellent oration god bless u

[@laseourable]

That was so beautifully read. Thank you, for all these editions of Tolstoy you share with us.

[@Elizabeth.384]

Thank you what a beautiful story.....

[@440SPN]

Thank you.🕯🕯🕯🎉🎉🎉

[@lyngruen8607]

Amen.

[@mrlotfi6586]

For what amin bro ?!!

[@indigoangel5202]

Five ads in a 22 minute story is waaay too many ads. The story itself (as all Tolstoys shorts a are) is wonderful and packs a lot into those few minutes. I listen to short stories as I am unwinding for sleep so the ads really ruined it for me. There are other channels that have no ads so I will stick to those going forward.

[@richardtemplin121]

You can pay money for the service of no ads. Not everything in life is free

[@drivebyquipper]

Get KZbin premium. It's worth it.

[@drivebyquipper]

@@richardtemplin121 It's around 12 bucks. Meanwhile, people pay for satellite and still watch commercials all day.

[@laseourable]

I paid for no adds. It's well worth it to me.

[@silvia.4442]

This reminds me of an event that occurred around the 60's in America. A town was tormented by a bully for many years. Some people who mustered the courage to take the bully to the authorities and testify in court wound up threatened by him or injured. One day the town killed the bully in broad daylight in front of many witnesses and no one in the town stepped forth to tell what happened. It became a mystery as to what happened to the bully. Listening to Tolstoy's story, I feel very sad because the tormented townspeople took matters into their hands and they prevented God to do justice on their tormentor. It is understandable they had reached a breaking point. However the story says, "The seeds of still greater wickedness have been planted in you..." I wonder what became of the poor townspeople. 😕

[@AnglephileSwedenGerman]

I remember that story, he was shot in front a store or something n out of many many ppl not one witness it n yup he bullied them for decades

[@michaelwargo5702]

Background music is fine , some people will find any small things to complain about...THANK YOU these stories are great Sorry for the complainers, it's there loss.

[@user-ym1wg3dc1v]

❤❤❤

[@gregwilson825]

Gods way is so sweet

[@Kaytee-miow]

Glory to God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit ... the original Church that The Lord anointed and gathered is still worshipping and empowered for our life, especially in these times when martyrdom will be in every city around the world. The Orthodox Church continues to feed and clothe us in Holy garments as we use the armour of God to struggle and fight against the deception and wickedness of these days, Christ's Saints as our allies and who are not complete without us, neither we, them. Hebrews 11. Orthodox Christian Faith unchanged and active in Christ by The Holy Spirit since 33AD. Come and See !!!

[@Ali76564]

😊😊😊😊

[@ripme6616]

Hush

[@wyominghome4857]

Too many ads break into the story.

[@drivebyquipper]

What ads? I have premium. If you are too broke for $12 a month, you should be working instead of malingering on KZbin.

[@wyominghome4857]

@@drivebyquipper Well, as an estate planning attorney told me years ago, those who squeeze every nickel usually end up with a few. I did. Better to move on to another channel than pay $144 a year to KZbin and reward them for being obnoxiously intrusive. :)

[@solarwind907]

The serfs got lucky! When you’re working for a tyrant, they don’t always die.

[@KirstinReese-iw8fr]

Acts 16 I forgive you

[@W-G]

Please turn down the music at start i often have to repeat as i cant hear what hes saying.

[@user-jl8mp6lg4i]

Wensday

[@hannahjones8992]

Buddhist stories have a similar tone, they are simple, but not stupid, rather full of wisdom 🙏🏻💖

[@drivebyquipper]

The Parables of Jesus come to mind, not to mention the rest of the Bible. It's all good. Bless up!

[@JaefarSABNW]

I would differentiate between murder and killing. Two wrongs don't make a right and probably is not good enough when directing punishment. Sometimes, religious prescriptions are there as extra prevention of occasional deeds.

[@drivebyquipper]

It's wise to have a trial before assigning punishment. If someone cut down my lime tree, I would be behind bars. Otherwise, there is no similarity.

[@robertbean8116]

So you think Tolstoy wrote this because he was a religious fool trying to tell peasants to chill and wait for God to save them? I think he made it very clear that SOME landlords were evil and abusive, but even if justified it would be very dangerous for the peasants to rebel . He knew that it would be censored unless the theme suggested that prayer, piety, and subservience would result in divine justice. So he deliberately wrote in BS about magic candles, religious songs, and people having unlikely fits of conscious . Block out the BS an you have a manifesto for revolution. By leaving it in the story had a chance to be published. Anyhow that is how i see it. A magic candle on an ox plow! Not ment to be believed . Tall tales need to be tall enough or the storyteller will be mistaken for a lier.

[@LostArchivist]

Eisogesis.

[@robertbean8116]

@@LostArchivist thank you for introducing me to a couple of new words, iesogest, eisegest...and yes I plead guilty to reinterpreting a classic , just to rationalize it in my own mind.

[@LostArchivist]

@@robertbean8116 I am glad I was able to help you learn something new. It is better to use exogesis, getting the meaning of the work. And then take from there of what you will or not. That way.the author speaks to you first then your heart responds to what the other speaks to you.

[@CatholicSaintslayIncorrupt]

@robert Tolstoy was a deep lover of His Creator. No religious fool. He died a saintly death I understand. Very charitable.

[@robertbean8116]

@@CatholicSaintslayIncorrupt Yes I agree, Leo Tolstoy was a good and holy man, I hope that I was not misunderstood.

[@wdobni]

'great' writers like tolstoy failed the russian people with stories like this one, intellectually about the level of a ten year old and spiritually reinforcing the peasant's status quo barren lifestyle

[@dabulls23able]

Ur a funny guy

[@fedesetrtatio1]

You have verbalized what I have been thinking for a long time. These short stories seem to be very juvenile.

[@juliadia007]

Totally agree.

[@v.m.8472]

Simplistic does not mean simple. It is meant to send a message to those too stupid.

[@Whocares987]

A different perspective sees hubris and false omnipotence to think one has control over destiny or God's plan. Clearly Tolstoy thought one way, and you guys think differently. The world would be quite boring if we all approached things the same way. Edit: as an example, look what the cultural revolution and communism did, it killed countless millions. Hell and good intentions.

[@BIRTHSTORYMEDICINE]

The background music is so distracting, I left after a minute.

[@maggiepatterson7949]

Soooo many videos posted THINK "music" adds, but I AGREE with you...very unnecessary, distracting, ANNOYING, and most times TOO LOUD! Oftentimes outpowers tge speaker too. WHY do they think it adds to the video? Peopke do not have the same taste in music anyway. I too just skip those videos and watch something else!

[@KCapp]

I didn’t hear music throughout. The narration does not have a running score.

[@valerief1231]

What background music? It ended after about 30 seconds.

[@dawitwegayehu5547]

what music

[@davidjohnbonnett]

Make sure to ask for your money back... oh wait

[@allenanderson4911]

Another story about a a God that dosen't exist and a miracle that never happened. Frag that bad commander day 1, and get on with life soldier. Get real.

[@chynnadoll3277]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@jomahone4704]

it's a shame, you don't get it.

[@jeaneslick4316]

A story within a story. Very clear.

[@grocefamilyfarm3062]

Atheist cope is so funny, because they spend so much energy seething over bags of electrified tissue fabricating the divine inside their wetware. You can’t even explain why you care without undercutting your own premise. 😂

[@drivebyquipper]

@@grocefamilyfarm3062 Why are atheists offended by a god they don't believe in? I agree with them. The god they have fabricated does not exist.