Project Gutenberg 2008-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 358 Tolstoy, Leo, graf 1828 1910 Толстой, Лев Николаевич Tolstoi, Leo Tolstoy, Lev N. Tolstoï, Léon Tolstoy, Graf Leo Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevic Maude, Aylmer 1858 1938 Maude, Louise 1855 1939 Maude, Louise Shanks Shanks, Louise The Power of Darkness Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Darkness Bryan Ness, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Power of Darkness" by graf Leo Tolstoy is a drama in five acts written in the late 19th century. The play presents the turbulent life of Peter Ignátitch, a peasant suffering from illness, and explores the intertwining relationships between him, his family, their laborer Nikíta, and the orphaned girl Marína. Themes of love, betrayal, and social dynamics within a rural Russian setting emerge as the characters navigate their personal desires against the backdrop of moral dilemmas and societal expectations. At the start of the play, we are introduced to Peter and his tumultuous household, which includes his ailing health and the conflict with his second wife, Anísya. There is tension in the air as discussions of potentially marrying off Nikíta to a local girl arise amid the pervasive gossip about his previous relationship with Marína. As Peter's health wanes, so do anxieties regarding financial matters and the fate of the family homestead. The opening scenes quickly establish a sense of chaos as Anísya contemplates the implications of her husband's impending death, revealing her desperation and the weight of their intertwined fates in the struggle for love and survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 96.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Russian drama -- Translations into English PG Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Russian Literature 232906 2025-08-11T06:02:23.519425 text/html 236616 2022-01-18T14:56:50 text/html 851035 2025-08-11T06:02:30.078409 application/epub+zip 853549 2025-08-11T06:02:25.519403 application/epub+zip 144474 2025-08-11T06:02:24.257423 application/epub+zip 678536 2025-08-11T06:02:33.105408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 651778 2025-08-11T06:02:29.252391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231949 2022-09-12T10:39:21.855889 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 177631 2025-08-11T06:02:22.573440 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 177392 2022-01-18T14:50:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20115 2025-08-11T06:02:33.253361 application/rdf+xml 11917 2025-08-11T06:02:24.765408 image/jpeg 3263 2025-08-11T06:02:24.510402 image/jpeg 63696 2022-01-18T14:57:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 781237 2022-01-18T14:57:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 848438 2025-08-11T06:02:23.550434 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia