“Sebastopol” also published under the title “Sevastopol Sketches” by Leo Tolstoy is a collection of three short stories meant to recount the author's time during the Siege of Sevastopol in Crimea. Harrowing and atmospheric, these stories are equal parts beautiful and devastating. Tolstoy is one of the most influential writers in history, though this may be one of his more obscure works, it still holds the grit and eloquence that he is known for.
