{"product_id":"the-power-of-darkness-a-drama-in-five-acts-paperback","title":"The Power of Darkness: A Drama in Five Acts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLouise Maude\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAylmer Maude\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known today as the author of \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Anna Karenina, \u003c\/i\u003e Count Leo Tolstoy also is acknowledged as a skilled playwright. His five-act drama \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e offers a cold and unsparing look at Russian peasant life that illustrates the costs of pursuing personal desires rather than the dictates of morality. The grimly realistic tragedy is based on a real incident, centering on a peasant's confession to a party of wedding guests of his participation in a series of horrific crimes that range from adultery and murder to infanticide. \u003cbr\u003e Tolstoy's moving portrait of a class enslaved by poverty and ignorance was written in 1886, but its performance was suppressed by Russian authorities until 1902. A 1904 version, performed in New York in Yiddish, marked the first successful production of a play by Tolstoy in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was one of the greatest figures in Russian and world literature, author of \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace, Anna Karenina, \u003c\/i\u003eand many other novels, short stories, and autobiographical and philosophical works. Dover also publishes several of his novels and story collections. \u003cbr\u003e Interpreters Aylmer Maude (1858-1938) and Louise Maude (1855-1939) met and married in Russia and were close friends of the author, who particularly valued their knowledge of Russian and the quality of their English translations. Aylmer Maude wrote a biography of Tolstoy, originally published in 1902.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756302172448,"sku":"9780486828367","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/66c810e0f5d4167b6d265303cc5e3b37.webp?v=1780078382","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-power-of-darkness-a-drama-in-five-acts-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}