Two Old Men (story)

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"Two Old Men" ("Два старика") is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in 1885. It is a religious piece that was translated to English by Leo Wiener in 1904.[1] According to Christianity Today, it is the story of Efim and Elisha, two neighbors who decide to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem before dying.[2]

Publication and Commentary

The story is the retold in a sermon by Benedictine monk David Steindl-Rast, who concludes his retelling with, "Who really got the goal of pilgrimage?"[3] The story is included in numerous Tolstoy collections, such as "Twenty Three Tales" (1924)[4] and "Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories" (2009).[5]

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