The Living Corpse
play by Tolstoy
Also known as: “Zhivoy trup”
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discussed in biography
- In Leo Tolstoy: Fiction after 1880 of Leo Tolstoy
…drama, Zhivoy trup (written 1900; The Living Corpse), and a harrowing play about peasant life, Vlast tmy (written 1886; The Power of Darkness). After his death, a number of unpublished works came to light, most notably the novella Khadji-Murat (1904; Hadji-Murad), a brilliant narrative about the Caucasus reminiscent of Tolstoy’s…
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