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In "The Storm" there is an atmosphere of the little Russian town, with its primitive inhabitants, merchants, and workpeople, an atmosphere untouched, unadulterated by the ideas of any outside European influence. But the special triumph of "The Storm" is that although it is a... Read Full Overview

'The Storm' is a drama in five acts by the 19th-century Russian playwright Aleksandr Ostrovsky. As with Ostrovsky's other plays, 'The Storm' is a work of social criticism, which is directed par-ticularly towards the Russian merchant class. 'The Storm' provoked fierce debate in... Read Full Overview

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The Storm by Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky is a play that explores the themes of love, betrayal, and social class in 19th century Russia. The story follows the lives of a wealthy merchant family, the Kabanovs, who reside in a small town on the banks of the Volga River. The... Read Full Overview

The Storm is a play written by Russian playwright Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky. The play is set in a small town in Russia and revolves around the lives of several characters who are all affected by a powerful storm. The main character, Katerina, is a young woman who is trapped... Read Full Overview

The Storm is a play written by Russian playwright Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky. The story is set in a provincial town in Russia and revolves around the lives of the inhabitants of a merchant's house. The plot centers on the illicit love affair between Boris, the son of the... Read Full Overview

These great writers have given us admirable pictures of the people's life as it appeared to them at the angle of the educated Westernised Russian mind; but here in "The Storm" is the atmosphere of the little Russian town, with its primitive inhabitants, merchants, and workpeople,... Read Full Overview

Up to the years of the Crimean War Russia was always a strange, uncouth riddle to the European consciousness. It would be an interesting study to trace back through the last three centuries the evidence of the historical documents that our forefathers have left us when they were... Read Full Overview