The Power of Darkness (Unabridged)

Written by Leo Tolstoy

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

The Power of Darkness, a play by Leo Tolstoy, delves into the tragic story of a peasant named Nikita. He abandons a young orphan, Marinka, after seducing her. Driven by greed and manipulation, his new wife, Anisiya, murders her own husband to be with Nikita. The play's darkness deepens as Nikita, under Anisiya's influence, impregnates his stepdaughter and ultimately murders the newborn. Consumed by guilt and despair, Nikita confesses his crimes on his stepdaughter's wedding day, bringing the play to a stark and powerful conclusion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Falcon Press
• Release date: Mar 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9798868676581

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy grew up in Russia, raised by a elderly aunt and educated by French tutors while studying at Kazen University before giving up on his education and volunteering for military duty. When writing his greatest works, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Tolstoy drew upon his diaries for material. At eighty-two, while away from home, he suffered from declining health and died in Astapovo, Riazan in 1910.