Leo Tolstoy
Lesson plans and teaching ideas

This extensive site was designed to support the PBS film version. It includes a timeline, a comparison of the novel and film, and a teacher's guide.

These resources from Oprah's Book Club include discussion questions and a pronunciation guide.

Text of the story.

This lesson compares Tolstoy's retelling of the Russian folktale "Evil Allures, But Good Endures" with the Welsh tale "Beth Gellert."