The Power of Darkness (Esprios Classics)

The Power of Darkness is a five-act drama by Leo Tolstoy. Written in 1886 the play's production was forbidden in Russia until 1902 mainly through the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev. In spite of the ban the play was unofficially produced and read numerous times. 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.