Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's most extensive serious work is his trilogy of novels Khozhdeniye po mukam. Consisting of Sestry (1920–21; “Sisters”), Vosemnadtsaty god (1927–28; “The Year 1918”), and Khmuroe utro (1940–41; “A Gloomy Morning”), it is a study of Russian intellectuals converted to the Bolshevik cause during the Civil War. An English translation of the trilogy appeared in 1946 under the title The Road to Calvary (1946).
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's most extensive serious work is his trilogy of novels Khozhdeniye po mukam. Consisting of Sestry (1920–21; “Sisters”), Vosemnadtsaty god (1927–28; “The Year 1918”), and Khmuroe utro (1940–41; “A Gloomy Morning”), it is a study of Russian intellectuals converted to the Bolshevik cause during the Civil War. An English translation of the trilogy appeared in 1946 under the title The Road to Calvary (1946).