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The Living Corpse

Leo Tolstoy

Drama in six acts based on a real court case. Fedya Protasov, unable to make his wife Liza happy or to divorce without lying, fakes his suicide so that she can marry the man she loves; when the deception is discovered and all are charged with bigamy, he kills himself in earnest. Written in 1900, published and staged in 1911.

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English

Translated by Louise y Aylmer Maude · 18 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1The Live Corpse1′
  2. 2CHARACTERS1′
  3. 3Scene 1 · 12′
  4. 4Scene 1 · 21′
  5. 5Scene 1 · 33′
  6. 6Scene 1 · 42′
  7. 7Scene 1 · 51′
  8. 8Scene 25′
  9. 9Scene 13′
  10. 10Scene 24′
  11. 11Scene 110′
  12. 12Scene 29′
  13. 13Scene 15′
  14. 14Scene 26′
  15. 15Scene 17′
  16. 16Scene 23′
  17. 17Scene 18′
  18. 18Scene 24′

Russian

· 19 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1Живой труп1′
  2. 2ДЕЙСТВУЮЩИЕ ЛИЦА1′
  3. 3КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ · 12′
  4. 4КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ · 21′
  5. 5КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ · 32′
  6. 6КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ · 42′
  7. 7КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ · 51′
  8. 8КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ · 61′
  9. 9КАРТИНА ВТОРАЯ4′
  10. 10КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ3′
  11. 11КАРТИНА ВТОРАЯ4′
  12. 12КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ8′
  13. 13КАРТИНА ВТОРАЯ7′
  14. 14КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ4′
  15. 15КАРТИНА ВТОРАЯ5′
  16. 16КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ6′
  17. 17КАРТИНА ВТОРАЯ2′
  18. 18КАРТИНА ПЕРВАЯ7′
  19. 19КАРТИНА ВТОРАЯ3′
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