# The Light Shines in Darkness

Author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938 [Translator]; Maude, Louise, 1855-1939 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26666

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Light+Shines+in+Darkness+Tolstoy&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The scene represents the verandah of a fine country-house, in front of which a croquet-lawn and tennis-court are shown, also a flower-bed. The children are playing croquet with their governess. Mary Ivánovna Sarýntsova, a handsome elegant woman of forty; her sister, Alexándra Ivánovna Kóhovtseva, a stupid, determined woman of forty-five; and her husband, Peter Semyónovich Kóhovtsef, a fat flabby man, dressed in a summer suit, with a pince-nez, are sitting on the verandah at a table with a samovár and coffee-pot. Mary Ivánovna Sarýntsova, Alexándra Ivánovna Kóhovtseva, and Peter Semyónovich Kóhovtsev are drinking coffee, and the latter is smoking.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-light-shines-in-darkness-26666/chapters/11/index.md)