The Power of Darkness
by Leo Tolstoy
118 pages~2 hrs
“One sin creates a shadow that no light can reach.”
In this harrowing masterpiece, Leo Tolstoy peels back the veneer of rural life to reveal a chilling spiral of moral decay and hidden crimes. As a single act of greed ignites a chain reaction of betrayal, two peasants find themselves trapped in a darkness from which there may be no return.
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