Read these sentences from Leo Tolstoy's What Men Live By:
A shoemaker named Simon, who had neither house nor land of his own, lived with his wife and children in a peasant's hut, and earned his living by his work.
Which element of this text suggests that the events happened long ago?
a. Having neither house nor land
b. Living by his work
c. The peasant's hut
d. The wife and children
