The Cause of It All

The Cause of It All is a play in two parts by Leo Tolstoy published in 1910, and later translated by Aylmer and Louise Maude. It heavily features anti-alcohol and teetotaling[1] themes.

It is recommended reading according to the 1925 publication, "A Study of the Modern Drama," according to Barrett Harper Clark.[2] It is quoted in a 2013 text about Tolstoy's work called "the Best Stories Don't Come from Good Vs. Bad But Good Vs. Good".[3]

Links

  • Source of text.
    • The Cause of It All, at RevoltLib.com
    • The Cause of It All, at Marxists.org
    • The Cause of It All, at TheAnarchistLibrary
    • The Cause of It All, at Google Books
    • The Cause of It All, at Gutenberg.org

References

  1. ^ Leo Tolstoy (2004). The Man Who Was Dead and the Cause of It All: Two Plays by Leo N. Tolstoy. University Press of the Pacific. Of the three plays left by Tolstoy for publication after his death, one is a short two-act Temperance play called in English The Cause of it All
  2. ^ Barrett Harper Clark (1925). A Study of the Modern Drama: A Handbook for the Study and Appreciation of the Best Plays, European, English and American, of the Last Half Century. D. Appleton.
  3. ^ Leo Tolstoy (2013). Leo Tolstoy's The Cause of it All. Copyright Group.
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