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Esarhaddon, King of Assyria

Ассирийский царь Асархадон

Lev Tolstói en Yásnaia Poliana (1908)
byLeo Tolstoy

Story written for Sholem Aleichem's anthology in aid of the victims of the Kishinev pogrom. King Esarhaddon, who has defeated King Lailie and means to execute him, lives in a vision his enemy's life and death and understands that life is one in all beings: whoever harms another harms himself. Published in 1903.

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  • Толстой, Л. Н. Собрание сочинений в 22 томах. Moscú: Judózhestvennaia literatura, 1978–1985 (índices de los tomos 1–22 en la Biblioteca Virtual Rusa, RVB; el t. 10, de 1982, recoge los relatos de la Nueva Azbuka y de los cuatro Libros rusos de lectura).

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