‘Evil Allures, But Good Endures’ by Leo Tolstoy: Short Story Analysis ‘Evil Allures but Good Endures’ is a parabolic short story with a highly Christian ethical theme published in February 1886 by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Leo Tolstoy was also known as Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and is the greatest Russian writer of the nineteenth century. I have analyzed many of … [Read more...] about ‘Evil Allures, But Good Endures’ by Leo Tolstoy: Short Story Analysis