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Best known today as the author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Count Leo Tolstoy also is acknowledged as a skilled playwright. His five-act drama The Power of Darkness offers a cold and unsparing look at Russian peasant life that illustrates the costs... Read Full Overview

Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy also spelled Tolstoi, Russian in full Lev Nikolayevich, Graf (count) Tolstoy, (born August 28 September 9, New Style], 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empire--died November 7 November 20], 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province), Russian author,... Read Full Overview

The Power of Darkness (1886) is a play by Leo Tolstoy. Forbidden for decades in Tolstoy's native Russia, the five-act play was first staged in Paris, where it earned praise from some of France's leading critics. Noted for its brutal depiction of violence and desperation,... Read Full Overview

The central character is a peasant, Nikita, who seduces and abandons a young orphan girl Marinka; then the lovely Anisija murders her own husband to marry Nikita. He impregnates his new stepdaughter, then, under his wife's influence, murders the baby. On the day of his stepdaughter's... Read Full Overview

The Power of Darkness is a play written by the renowned Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The story revolves around a peasant family living in rural Russia, and the tragic consequences of their actions. The central character, Nikita, is a simple man who is married to Akulina and has... Read Full Overview

R SUM "La Puissance des t n bres" de L on Tolsto est une pi ce de th tre poignante qui explore les profondeurs de l' me humaine et les cons quences d vastatrices de l'immoralit . crite en 1886, cette oeuvre se d roule dans un village rural russe et raconte l'histoire tragique... Read Full Overview

Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy also spelled Tolstoi, Russian in full Lev Nikolayevich, Graf (count) Tolstoy, (born August 28 September 9, New Style], 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empire--died November 7 November 20], 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province), Russian author,... Read Full Overview

MATRY NA. Dear me, here's news D'you think Mother Matry na didn't know? Eh, lassie, -Mother Matry na's been ground, and ground again, ground fine This much I can tell you, my jewel: Mother Matry na can see through a brick wall three feet thick. I know it all, my jewel I know... Read Full Overview

The Power of Darkness is a play written by the renowned Russian author, Leo Tolstoy. It was first published in 1886 and is considered one of Tolstoy's most powerful works. The play is set in rural Russia and tells the story of a peasant family torn apart by greed, lust, and betrayal.The... Read Full Overview

The Power of Darkness is a play written by the renowned Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The story revolves around the life of a peasant family living in rural Russia during the late 19th century. The main character, Mitrich, is a hardworking farmer who marries a young woman named... Read Full Overview

Leo Tolstoy was one of the most gifted novelists of all time. He created the masterpieces War and Peace, and Anna Karenina, but he wrote hundreds of other books, stories, and essays. In the middle of his life, he underwent a spiritual transformation and became an ardent pacifist... Read Full Overview

Tolstoy is considered one of the giants of Russian literature; his works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina and novellas such as Hadji Murad and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

Tolstoy's earliest works, the autobiographical novels Childhood, Boyhood,... Read Full Overview

Tolstoy is considered one of the giants of Russian literature; his works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina and novellas such as Hadji Murad and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

Tolstoy's earliest works, the autobiographical novels Childhood, Boyhood,... Read Full Overview

The central character is a peasant, Nikita, who seduces and abandons a young orphan girl Marinka; then the lovely Anisija murders her own husband to marry Nikita. He impregnates his new stepdaughter, then, under his wife's influence, murders the baby. On the day of his stepdaughter's... Read Full Overview

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview