Two Hussars

[Два гусара (cirílico)]
Year: 
1856
Type: 
Public: 
Publisher: 
Independently published
Year of publication: 
2016
Pages: 
80
Moral assessment: 
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality: 
Recommendable: 
Transmits values: 
Sexual content: 
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Ideas that contradict Church teaching: 
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators

In this brief work Tolstoy describes the loss of exemplarity by the Russian military aristocracy in the first half of the 19th century, making use of the life of two hussars, father and son. Count Turbin is a valiant hussar officer, a womanizer, gambler, lover of entertainment and of drinking. He lets his tastes drive him, but he is sensible and has a sense of humour, which avoids becoming a slave of his passions. In time his son will also become a hussar officer, but the father’s strong personality will always accompany him, determining his destiny and doings.

P.C. (Italy, 2016)