The Three Hermits (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- First Published: 1886
- Type of Plot: Didactic
- Time of Work: The nineteenth century
- Setting: The White Sea, in the Russian Arctic
- Principal Characters: An Archbishop, The three old men, The ship's passengers and crew
- Genres: Short fiction, Didactic literature
- Subjects: Religion, Hermits, Islands, Ships, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Russia, Arctic
The Story
On a ship sailing from Archangel into the White Sea is an Archbishop and several of his followers. While on deck, the Archbishop overhears a little fisherman telling the other passengers about three old men, “servants of God,” who live on an island barely visible on the distant horizon.
At the Archbishop's request, the fisherman tells about his encounter with the three old men, who had once helped him when his boat struck on the remote island. The old men, he tells the Archbishop, were most peculiar in appearance. One was very old and hunchbacked, with...
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