{"product_id":"the-power-of-darkness-leo-tolstoy-9780486828367","title":"The Power of Darkness: A Drama in Five Acts","description":"Best known today as the author of \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Anna Karenina, \u003c\/i\u003e Count Leo Tolstoy also is acknowledged as a skilled playwright. His five-act drama \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e offers a cold and unsparing look at Russian peasant life that illustrates the costs of pursuing personal desires rather than the dictates of morality. The grimly realistic tragedy is based on a real incident, centering on a peasant's confession to a party of wedding guests of his participation in a series of horrific crimes that range from adultery and murder to infanticide. \u003cbr\u003e Tolstoy's moving portrait of a class enslaved by poverty and ignorance was written in 1886, but its performance was suppressed by Russian authorities until 1902. A 1904 version, performed in New York in Yiddish, marked the first successful production of a play by Tolstoy in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Tolstoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486828360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486828367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 4.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Leo Tolstoy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990201532671,"sku":"9780486828367","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bf81748-2897-46de-af7c-74f2c8cfc536.jpg?v=1683303577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-power-of-darkness-leo-tolstoy-9780486828367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}