REDEMPTION AND TWO OTHER PLAYS

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910) was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction.
Excerpt-Anna Pávlovna. You'll see. Sasha. Yes, I shall see.
Anna Pávlovna (alone to herself). And I am very glad. I'm very, very glad.
[Enter MAID.
Maid. Victor Karénin.
Anna Pávlovna. Show him here and tell your mistress.
[MAID shows in KARÉNIN and exits door R. I.
Karénin (goes C. and stands behind table C.). (Shaking hands with Anna Pávlovna.) Elizaveta Andreyevna sent me a note to come at once. I should have been here to-night anyway. How is she? Well, I hope.
Anna Pávlovna. Not very. The baby has been upset again. However, she'll be here in a minute. Will you have some tea?
Karénin. No, thank you.
[Sits chair R.