"The Moneylender and the Sea" by Leo Tolstoy is a huge epic novel that touched the deepest questions of the human soul and morality. The main character, Alexii Karpovich Rostovshchik, went through a difficult path from a heartless careerist to a person who is looking for inner reconciliation and peace in the world. This book is placed on the border between a philosophical novel and a social story, in which the author uses the theme of the sea as a symbol of eternal movement, internal problem solving and the search for harmony with the world. The usurer is looking for his place in life, and the sea becomes for him a constant source of many secrets and discoveries. Reading this work, we immerse ourselves in thoughts about the sea of life, human destinies and great life questions.