num_pages: 468
description: This anthology offers the reader six important Russian plays of the nineteenth century, in readable modern translations. The editor has provided an introduction surveying the development of drama and the theater in Russia and discussing the significance of the plays, and he has included a note on each play commenting on its literary and historical context."The Minor" by Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin"The Trouble with Reason" by Aleksander Sergeyevich Griboyedov"Boris Godunov" by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin"The Inspector General" by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol"The Storm" by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky"The Power of Darkness" by Lyov Nikolayevich Tolstoy**Originally published under the title of "An Anthology of Russian Plays, Volume I"
language: English
title: Nineteenth Century Russian Plays - An Anthology
titlecomplete: Nineteenth Century Russian Plays - An Anthology (The Norton Library)
genres: Drama, Russian Literature, Plays, Russia, Fiction
ratings_count: 15
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company