Project Gutenberg 2008-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 185 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 First Distiller Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Distiller Produced by Bryan Ness, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The First Distiller" by graf Leo Tolstoy is a comedy in six acts written in the late 19th century. This play revolves around themes of temptation, human folly, and the consequences of vice, particularly focusing on the detrimental effects of alcohol. Set in a peasant community, Tolstoy explores the moral decline that follows the introduction of distillation and drinking among the villagers. In the play, a hardworking peasant is influenced by a mysterious Labourer, who is actually an imp from Hell, to engage in distilling spirits from his bountiful harvest. Initially innocent and good-hearted, the peasant becomes intoxicated and greedy, leading to strife between him and his family as well as with the village elders. The Labourer manipulates the villagers into drunkenness, showcasing their transformation from cooperative members of society into chaotic revelers, driven by base instincts and greed. The play serves as a cautionary tale about the consequences of excess and the undermining of communal values through the allure of alcohol, ultimately highlighting the destructive power of temptation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 96.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Russian drama -- Translations into English PG Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Russian Literature 71037 2025-08-11T06:02:33.677364 text/html 67730 2008-09-20T15:19:08 text/html 88028 2025-08-11T06:02:38.042340 application/epub+zip 87568 2025-08-11T06:02:35.443373 application/epub+zip 87568 2025-08-11T06:02:34.307356 application/epub+zip 189937 2025-08-11T06:02:40.003345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174865 2025-08-11T06:02:37.386353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154270 2022-09-12T10:39:34.954925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52964 2025-08-11T06:02:33.308366 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52871 2008-09-20T15:19:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 4070 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 8769 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 38075 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 41204 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 41889 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 49313 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 56753 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 49956 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 12636 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 37943 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 51941 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 47086 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 17014 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 37933 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 50028 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 48927 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 48172 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 39167 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 48441 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 53425 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 45470 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 21220 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 46104 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 45463 2008-08-22T17:57:02 application/octet-stream 39120 2025-08-11T06:02:40.161335 application/rdf+xml 12958 2025-08-11T06:02:34.795359 image/jpeg 3407 2025-08-11T06:02:34.550360 image/jpeg 20078 2008-09-20T15:19:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 22476 2008-09-20T15:19:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 84832 2025-08-11T06:02:33.686375 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