Artistic structure in L. N. Tolstoy’s Kholstomer: the story of a horse

Abstract

    Kholstomer: The Story of a Horse by L. N. Tolstoy is a unique work. The story'smain character is the old horse Kholstomer, who tells the stories of his past life. Hiddenbehind Kholstomer's stories and experience are profound and incisive life philosophiesthat the author wished to convey to his readers. Kholstomer's past is recounted in parallelwith his present, through which Tolstoy posed and engaged in many burning problems ofthe time. The picture of life, reimagined in such a structure, became extremely livelyunder the author's genius pen.