The Light Shines in Darkness
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About This Book
The Man Who Was Dead, The Cause of it All, and The Light That Shines in the Darkness are the three plays left by Tolstoy for publication after his death. The Light That Shines in the Darkness -- the last of Tolstoy's plays, was left unfinished. In Russia it is prohibited on account of its allusions to the refusal of military service. Yet it is in some ways the most interesting of Tolstoy's posthumous works. It is obviously not strictly autobiographical, for Tolstoy was not assassinated as the hero of the piece is, nor was his daughter engaged to be married to a young prince who refused militar...
Chapters (81)(click to expand)
- THE LIGHT SHINES IN DARKNESS DRAMA
- CHARACTERS
- ACT I
- Scene 1
- ACT II
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- ACT III
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- Scene 3
- ACT IV
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- ACT V
- Scene changes.
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