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The Power of Darkness: A Drama in Five Acts

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The Power of Darkness: A Drama in Five Acts - Tolstoy, Leo, and Maude, Louise (Translated by), and Maude, Aylmer (Translated by)
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The central character is a peasant, Nikita, who seduces and abandons a young orphan girl Marinka; then the lovely Anisija murders her own husband to marry Nikita. He impregnates his new stepdaughter, then, under his wife's influence, murders the baby. On the day of his stepdaughter's marriage, he surrenders himself and confesses to the police.

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The Power of Darkness: A Drama in Five Acts 2019, Dover Publications

ISBN-13: 9780486828367

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