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<p><i>The Power of Darkness</i> is a five-act drama that follows the downfall of the peasants Anísya and Nikíta as they succumb to a series of sordid temptations, from adultery and drunkenness to outright murder. Written in 1886 but suppressed by censors until 1902, the play is a realist portrayal of some of the darkest elements of Russian peasant life. Similar to some other late <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/leo-tolstoy">Tolstoy</a> (opens in a new tab) works, like <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/leo-tolstoy/resurrection/louise-maude"><i>Resurrection</i></a>, (opens in a new tab) the play’s psychological exploration of human depravity is accompanied by a sharp social critique of the Russian Empire and its role in perpetuating poverty and ignorance among its lowest and most marginalized classes.</p>
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Subjects
- Slavic philology
- Russian drama
- Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)
- Fiction, action & adventure
- Russian drama -- Translations into English
- Drama (dramatic works by one author)
- Translations into English