Project Gutenberg 2008-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 96 Tolstoy, Leo, graf 1828 1910 Толстой, Лев Николаевич Tolstoi, Leo Tolstoy, Lev N. Tolstoï, Léon Tolstoy, Graf Leo Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevic Maude, Aylmer 1858 1938 Maude, Louise 1855 1939 Maude, Louise Shanks Shanks, Louise Fruits of Culture Produced by Bryan Ness, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Fruits of Culture" by Leo Tolstoy is a comedy in four acts written in the late 19th century. The play revolves around the lives of the Zvezdíntsef family, particularly focusing on Leoníd Fyódoritch, a retired lieutenant and ardent believer in spiritualism. The narrative explores the interactions of this family with various characters, including their daughter Betsy and their son Vasíly, as they navigate social expectations, romantic pursuits, and class dynamics. The opening of the play introduces a bustling household in Moscow, where the characters are preoccupied with daily concerns and social engagements. The scene begins with a humorous exchange between the footman Gregory and the maid Tánya, setting a lighthearted tone. As the family discusses spiritualism, land sales, and relationships, the narrative quickly establishes both the absurdity of their social pretenses and the underlying tensions related to class and authority. Notably, Tánya navigates her own romantic interest in Simon, the son of a peasant, indicating the play's exploration of both class boundaries and personal connections, as the characters wrestle with their desires and societal pressures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Russian drama -- Translations into English PG Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Russian Interest 272498 272507 2024-09-11T10:12:45.438141 2023-09-12T04:22:58.674712 text/html text/html 283841 2008-09-20T14:49:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 439494 2008-09-20T14:51:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 487876 2024-09-11T10:12:52.845608 application/epub+zip 490661 2024-09-11T10:12:47.214159 application/epub+zip 131465 2024-09-11T10:12:46.144134 application/epub+zip 500023 2024-09-11T10:12:56.587582 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464077 2024-09-11T10:12:51.970631 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262700 2022-09-12T10:39:48.326049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197251 197158 2024-09-11T10:12:44.065141 2023-09-12T04:22:57.364720 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 195463 2008-09-20T14:49:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 70170 2008-09-20T14:51:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19847 2024-09-11T10:12:56.741579 application/rdf+xml 13021 2024-09-11T10:12:46.548121 image/jpeg 3537 2024-09-11T10:12:46.337132 image/jpeg 483981 2024-09-11T10:12:45.464167 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia