From Heart to Heart. Stories about the Meaning of Forgiveness

The collection includes stories by Russian classics about forgiveness. Anton Chekhov writes about mad love in "A Clean Monday," which ended on the highest note. Ivan Shmelev on Maslenitsa and the ritual of Forgiveness Day with everyone, both close and distant. Valentin Rasputin – on the importance of the time for forgiveness and heartfelt conversations, Viktor Astafyev – on conscience and love for those who can repent for voluntary or involuntary transgressions. Leo Tolstoy, in the story "After the Ball" – on the unacceptability of cruelty towards a person.
Pavel Basinsky, a literary scholar, writer, researcher of Maxim Gorky and Leo Tolstoy, writes in the preface about the "profound folk truth" that the classics skillfully show in a short story. And many words are not needed, "Forgive and resurrect," that is the motto.