The central character is a peasant, Nikita, who seduces and abandons a young orphan girl Marinka; then the lovely Anisija murders her own husband to marry Nikita.
He impregnates his new stepdaughter, then, under his wife's influence, murders the baby.
On the day of his stepdaughter's marriage, he surrenders himself and confesses to the police.
The Fruits of Enlightenment, aka Fruits of Culture (1889-90, pub.
1891) is a play by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.
It satirizes the persistence of unenlightened attitudes towards the peasants amongst the Russian landed aristocracy.
In 1891 Constantin Stanislavski achieved success when he directed the play for his Society of Art and Literature organization.
Throne Classics The awakening: the resurrection, the power of darkness: a drama in five acts & the fruits of culture: a comedy in four acts, paperback/leo tolstoy
