Project Gutenberg 2008-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 82 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 The Light Shines in Darkness Produced by Bryan Ness, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Light Shines in Darkness" by graf Leo Tolstoy is a drama written in the late 19th century. The play revolves around the character of Nicholas Ivánovich Sarýntsov, who challenges societal norms and family responsibilities through his radical beliefs about property and Christianity. It explores themes of morality, duty to family, and the struggles between individual conscience and societal expectations. At the start of the play, we are introduced to the setting of a country house where various members of the Sarýntsov family and their relatives engage in discussions about Nicholas, who has recently started to adopt unconventional views following personal crises and illness. The conversations reveal tensions related to his new beliefs, which advocate for giving away his family's wealth and property as a manifestation of Christian love. As family members express their concerns, Nicholas's radical ideas and their implications for his wife and children come to the forefront, creating a dramatic conflict that underpins the narrative. This opening portion sets the stage for an exploration of the clash between personal conviction and familial duty, which appears to be central to the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Russian drama -- Translations into English PG Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Russian Interest 227068 227077 2024-09-11T10:13:13.016507 2023-09-12T04:23:22.845940 text/html text/html 234511 2008-09-20T15:11:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 68615 2008-09-20T15:11:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 124520 2024-09-11T10:13:19.305443 application/epub+zip 126066 2024-09-11T10:13:14.702487 application/epub+zip 126065 2024-09-11T10:13:13.647488 application/epub+zip 276568 2024-09-11T10:13:22.388448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247260 2024-09-11T10:13:18.606442 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247379 2022-09-12T10:40:28.673834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 169634 169541 2024-09-11T10:13:12.089513 2023-09-12T04:23:21.979929 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 168108 2008-09-20T15:11:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 61290 2008-09-20T15:11:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19857 2024-09-11T10:13:22.538430 application/rdf+xml 13641 2024-09-11T10:13:14.030506 image/jpeg 3331 2024-09-11T10:13:13.839495 image/jpeg 121171 2024-09-11T10:13:13.033499 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