Читальный зал

Три разговора о войне, прогрессе и конце всемирной истории, со включением краткой повести об антихристе

Vladimir Solovyov

His last work (1899–1900): three dialogues in a villa on the Riviera between a general, a politician, a lady, a Tolstoyan prince and Mr Z, on war, progress and evil. The book closes with the 'Short Tale of the Antichrist', attributed to a dead monk: in the twenty-first century a philanthropic superman unifies the world, offers each Church what it most desires and meets resistance only from the elder John, Pope Peter and Professor Pauli, who recognise that what is most precious in Christianity is Christ himself. It is Solovyov's most read work in the twentieth century.