Resurrection, the last of Tolstoy`s major novels, tells the story of a nobleman`s attempt to redeem himself for the suffering his youthful philandering caused a peasant girl. Tolstoy`s vision of redemption achieved through loving forgiveness, and his condemnation of violence dominate the novel. An intimate, psychological tale of guilt, anger, and forgiveness, Resurrection is at the same time a panoramic description of social life in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, reflecting Tolstoy`s outrage at the social injustices of the world in which he lived.