"A Prisoner in the Caucasus" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1870. An officer with the name of Zhilin is serving in the army. One day he receives a letter from home. It is from his mother who asks him to come home because she has found a girl for him. He obtains a leave of absence and his adventure begins. It was a time of war with the Tartars in the Caucasus...
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September [28 August] 1828 – 20. November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.[2] He received multiple nominations for Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906, and nominations for Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902 and 1910, and his miss of the prize is a major Nobel prize controversy. (Wikipedia)