item: #1 of 20 id: 10722 author: Ostrovsky, Aleksandr Nikolaevich title: Plays date: None words: 79396 flesch: 99 summary: The cry of_ TATYÁNA _is heard_: Let me go! and_ KÓRSHUNOV _go out;_ LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA _remains in the embrace of her mother, surrounded by her friends. keywords: afónya; agraféna; babáyev; bolshóv; come; dear; egórovna; god; going; good; gordéyevna; kondrátyevna; krasnóv; kárpych; leoníd; look; love; lukérya; lyubóv; lípochka; líza; ma'am; madam; man; mítya; naúmovna; nádya; pelagéya; peregrínovna; podkhalyúzin; rispolózhensky; scene; sir; tatyána; time; ulanbékov; ustínya; vasilísa; want cache: 10722.txt plain text: 10722.txt item: #2 of 20 id: 13147 author: Andreyev, Leonid title: Savva and the Life of Man: Two plays by Leonid Andreyev date: None words: 52911 flesch: 97 summary: Behold the flame--it is the life of Man. Being born, he will take the form and the name of Man, and in all things will become like other men already living. And you, young man, may listen also. keywords: --i; day; death; die; eyes; face; father; friar; god; good; gray; hand; head; herod; king; kondraty; life; lipa; look; man; monk; people; right; savva; speransky; time; tony; way; wife; yegor; yes cache: 13147.txt plain text: 13147.txt item: #3 of 20 id: 1755 author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich title: Ivanoff: A Play date: None words: 23903 flesch: 96 summary: Nicholas, old man, you are the joy of my life. Let me give you a piece of advice, old man; fill your mouth full of tow, light it, and blow at everybody. keywords: anna; borkin; come; dear; good; ivanoff; lebedieff; love; lvoff; man; martha; money; nicholas; right; sasha; shabelski; zinaida cache: 1755.txt plain text: 1755.txt item: #4 of 20 id: 1756 author: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich title: Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts date: None words: 16836 flesch: 94 summary: [Agitated] Vanya, old man, don't talk in that way. Those who marry old men and then deceive them under the noses of all, are sane! keywords: astroff; day; good; helena; life; marina; pause; serebrakoff; sonia; telegin; uncle; vanya; voitski cache: 1756.txt plain text: 1756.txt item: #5 of 20 id: 26660 author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf title: Plays: Complete Edition, Including the Posthumous Plays date: None words: 991 flesch: 71 summary: The play presents the terrible clash which resulted from the calls Tolstoy made on himself and on others to abandon all customary ways of life and to start afresh in a new direction. [Illustration: Leo Tolstoy.] LEO TOLSTOY PLAYS Translated by LOUISE AND AYLMER MAUDE COMPLETE EDITION INCLUDING THE POSTHUMOUS PLAYS FOURTH IMPRESSION NEW YORK FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY 1919 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LEO TOLSTOY (Photogravure Portrait) Frontispiece MATRYÓNA GIVES keywords: plays; tolstoy cache: 26660.txt plain text: 26660.txt item: #6 of 20 id: 26661 author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf title: The Power of Darkness date: None words: 30009 flesch: 104 summary: Enter Nikíta, followed by Matryóna. NIKÍTA. Mind, old man, and don't interfere! keywords: akoulína; akím; anísya; dear; girl; head; look; marína; matryóna; money; mítritch; nikíta; peter; right cache: 26661.txt plain text: 26661.txt item: #7 of 20 id: 26662 author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf title: The First Distiller date: None words: 6036 flesch: 100 summary: OLD WOMAN. OLD WOMAN keywords: chief; imp; labourer; peasant; wife cache: 26662.txt plain text: 26662.txt item: #8 of 20 id: 26663 author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf title: Fruits of Culture date: None words: 30450 flesch: 94 summary: LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH. Theodore! Enter Theodore Ivánitch. LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH. keywords: anna; betsy; cook; fyódoritch; gregory; ivánitch; lady; leoníd; leoníd fyódoritch; leoníditch; peasant; professor; pávlovna; sahátof; second; servants; simon; theodore; theodore ivánitch; tánya; vasíly cache: 26663.txt plain text: 26663.txt item: #9 of 20 id: 26664 author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf title: The Live Corpse date: None words: 18807 flesch: 98 summary: ANNA PÁVLOVNA. What can her milk be like, when she lies awake crying all night? ANNA PÁVLOVNA. keywords: abrézkov; anna; anna pávlovna; dmítrievna; fédya; good; karénin; lisa; love; másha; prince; pávlovna; victor cache: 26664.txt plain text: 26664.txt item: #10 of 20 id: 26665 author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf title: The Cause of it All date: None words: 4569 flesch: 99 summary: MICHAEL [shrugs his shoulders and spreads out his arms] Suppose I really go for you? TRAMP. MARTHA [returns and stands at the table pouring out tea]. MICHAEL. keywords: akulína; ignát; martha; michael; tramp cache: 26665.txt plain text: 26665.txt item: #11 of 20 id: 26666 author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf title: The Light Shines in Darkness date: None words: 26350 flesch: 95 summary: [2] I will tell him the plain fact, my dear. MARY IVÁNOVNA. [8] All the rest of it. MARY IVÁNOVNA. keywords: alexándra ivánovna; borís; children; church; father; gerásim; god; ivánovna; life; lyúba; man; mary ivánovna; nicholas ivánovich; peter; priest; princess; semyónovich; styópa cache: 26666.txt plain text: 26666.txt item: #12 of 20 id: 3735 author: Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich title: The Inspector-General date: None words: 30775 flesch: 91 summary: KHLESTAKOV. Have I never seen a bed before? KHLESTAKOV. keywords: ammos; andreyevna; anna; artemy; come; course; dobchinsky; general; god; good; governor; hand; inspector; ivanovich; khlestakov; look; luka; man; marya; osip; postmaster; right; scene; servant; want; wife cache: 3735.txt plain text: 3735.txt item: #13 of 20 id: 37961 author: Andreyev, Leonid title: He Who Gets Slapped: A Play in Four Acts date: None words: 26389 flesch: 94 summary: [CONSUELO _and_ BEZANO _stand side by side, the jockey scowling_, CONSUELO _laughing and flushing_. Then she stands motionless, looking straight at the dark opening of the door through which_ BEZANO _comes_. keywords: baron; bezano; briquet; consuelo; count; day; eyes; father; gentleman; good; hand; jackson; laughs; look; love; mancini; polly; right; silence; tilly; zinida cache: 37961.txt plain text: 37961.txt item: #14 of 20 id: 49596 author: Andreyev, Leonid title: The Sorrows of Belgium: A Play in Six Scenes date: None words: 16729 flesch: 96 summary: EMIL GRELIEU What are you shouting, François? FRANÇOIS Is it war? EMIL GRELIEU keywords: count; emil; emil grelieu; father; françois; grelieu; jeanne; maurice; pierre; woman; yes cache: 49596.txt plain text: 49596.txt item: #15 of 20 id: 49606 author: Andreyev, Leonid title: Anathema: A Tragedy in Seven Scenes date: None words: 29957 flesch: 94 summary: Yes, madam Leizer, I want to see David, David Leizer. But why do you call me David Leizer, when you used to call me simply David before? KHESSIN. keywords: anathema; children; david; david leizer; death; earth; eyes; face; god; head; little; look; man; naum; nullius; people; rosa; sarah; woman cache: 49606.txt plain text: 49606.txt item: #16 of 20 id: 49852 author: Andreyev, Leonid title: The Life of Man: A Play in Five Acts date: None words: 24405 flesch: 93 summary: What ails thee, little wife of mine? And even if it were devils who have brought the things here, it should not prevent you from coming and sitting on my knee, little wife. keywords: boy; dear; face; god; good; grey; head; life; look; man; people; room; son; thee; thou; thy; time; wife.~~; women; yes; ~the cache: 49852.txt plain text: 49852.txt item: #17 of 20 id: 52468 author: Gorky, Maksim title: The Lower Depths: A Drama in Four Acts date: None words: 24461 flesch: 99 summary: For instance, old man, here's a bit of verse--I forget how it begins--I forget . . . Old man, why do you always tell lies? LUKA. keywords: actor; anna; baron; bubnoff; good; kleshtch; kostilyoff; luka; man; miedviedieff; nastya; natasha; people; pepel; right; satine; tartar; vassilisa cache: 52468.txt plain text: 52468.txt item: #18 of 20 id: 62880 author: Andreyev, Leonid title: The Glebe 1914/01 (Vol. 1, No. 4): Love of One's Neighbor date: None words: 7392 flesch: 88 summary: UNKNOWN MAN (in a scarcely audible voice). UNKNOWN MAN ON THE ROCK (faintly). keywords: children; correspondent; lady; man; mary; policeman; second; tourist; voices; woman cache: 62880.txt plain text: 62880.txt item: #19 of 20 id: 7991 author: Ostrovsky, Aleksandr Nikolaevich title: The Storm date: None words: 23472 flesch: 96 summary: (_Going_) (_Going_) keywords: boris; come; dikoy; good; kabanova; katerina; kudriash; kuligin; life; mme; mother; people; scene; sir; tell; varvara cache: 7991.txt plain text: 7991.txt item: #20 of 20 id: 9792 author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf title: Redemption and two other plays date: None words: 77093 flesch: 99 summary: [Enter SAHÁTOF and LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH, followed by THEODORE IVÁNITCH. LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH (to PEASANTS). keywords: akoulína; akím; anna; anísya; betsy; dear; exit; fyódoritch; fédya; girl; good; gregory; ivánitch; karénin; leoníd; leoníditch; lisa; look; love; man; matryóna; mean; money; mother; mítritch; nikíta; peasant; peter; pávlovna; right; sahátof; second; simon; theodore; think; time; tánya; vasíly; want cache: 9792.txt plain text: 9792.txt