One of Ostrovsky's most poetical works, The Storm is set in Kalinov, a provincial town on the banks of the Upper Volga. Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Katerina is tormented by her widowed mother-in-law, Marfa Kabanova. Katerina seeks solace in an affair with a similarly tormented young lover, and the confession of this affair to her husband leads ultimately to tragedy.
The Storm was a great success on its first performance the Maly Theatre, Moscow, in November 1859, and continues to be critically regarded as one of Ostrovsky's best plays. It inspired Janacek's opera Katia Kabanova.
- ISBN10 0898758912
- ISBN13 9780898758917
- Publish Date 1 April 2002 (first published 16 November 1998)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of the Pacific
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 132
- Language English