Repentant Sinner

"The Repentant Sinner" is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1886. The story details the difficulties of a repentant sinner''s attempts to enter Heaven. The story opens with the imminent death of a 70-year-old sinner. The man has never done a good deed in his life, and only with his last words did he address God and ask for forgiveness. When the man dies his soul comes ...