The title character of his last novel is a Muslim Caucasian warrior who is betrayed by his own chieftain Shamil, and in another novel Pozdnyshev murders his wife after her affair with a violinist.
This author wrote about an unlucky youth with the moniker "pot" who is beaten by his mother in "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", and Nikita murders the illegitimate baby he fathered with his own stepdaughter in his play The Power of Darkness. The title character of his last novel is a Muslim Caucasian warrior who is betrayed by his own chieftain Shamil, and in another novel Pozdnyshev murders his wife after her affair with a violinist. Along with Hadji Murad and The Kreutzer Sonata, he wrote about and a judge, who befriends Gerasim while slowly dying after bruising his side. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about Pierre Bezukhov and Natasha Rostova in War and Peace.
This author wrote about an unlucky youth with the moniker "pot" who is beaten by his mother in "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", and Nikita murders the illegitimate baby he fathered with his own stepdaughter in his play The Power of Darkness.
Count Leo Nikolayevich {Tolstoy}