The Plays: Complete Edition including the posthumous plays

433 Pages·1914·12.791 MB·English

by  Leo Tolstoy, trans. Louise and Aylmer Maude

THE PLAYS
FromL Eo ToLSTcOoYn cerning
thet ranslatoifoh ni �w·o rkbys
LoursaEn dA YLMER MAUDE:-
rr Bettetrr anslatbootrhsf ,o r
lmowleodfgt eh et wol anguages
andf orpen etratiionntt oh ev erg
meanionfgt lmzaet tterr anslated,
coulndo tb ei nvented."

LEO TOLSTOY
PLAYS
Translahtye d
LoUISAEY LAMNMEDAR U DE
COMPLETEE DITION
INCLUDINGT HE POSTHUMOUS
PLAYS
NEW YORK
FUNK &W AGNALLSC OMPANY
1914
l'rlntedB AbLyL ANTHYANNESO,C1'N CO
at tBhalel antPyrneesE sd,i nburgh
CONTENTS
PAGiil
PREFACE. ix
Plapyusb ldimsiltTneogdl sltiofye' s
THE PowEn.o F DARKNEs(s 1886)
3
THE FIRSTD ISTILL(ER1 886) 97
FRuiTosF CuLTUR(E 1889) 125
PosthPulmaoyuss
THE LIVEC oRPSE 229
THE CAUSE IT 303
OF ALL
THE LIGHTS HINEISN D ARKNESS 321

LISTO F ILLUSTRATOINS
LEo ToLSTO(YP hotogravure PortraFirt)o ntispiece
MATRY6NAG IVEASN fsAv THEP OWDERSF acipangge 12
I'MN OTA SHAMEODF MY PARETN " "
51
HER BOIXS F ULL ASI TI S " "
58
You TELLM E NOTT O FEARM EN?, " 91
WELL, DEARA,N D WHAT PROGRESSIIOSN
OURB USINEMSASK INO? " "
174
THEREY,O US EE! You AREB EINMGA DE
FOOLO F , , 223
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vii

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