The Live Corpse by graf Leo Tolstoy
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"The Live Corpse" by Leo Tolstoy is a play written around 1900. Fedor Protasov believes his wife never truly chose him over another suitor, driving him to abandon his life and fall into despair. When his wife remarries, believing him dead, Protasov's reappearance triggers a bigamy charge that forces an impossible choice. This unfinished work explores guilt, escape, and the devastating consequences of self-destruction. First performed in 1911 after Tolstoy's death, it
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| Author | Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938 |
| Translator | Maude, Louise, 1855-1939 |
| Title | The Live Corpse |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Living_Corpse |
| Credits |
Produced by Bryan Ness, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 87.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Russian drama -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 26664 |
| Release Date | Sep 20, 2008 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 543 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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