This author of Enemies and Children of the Sun wrote a play in which Natasha's sister burns her legs by throwing boiling oil on them, and her lover Pepel kills Kostilioff.
In a play by this author, Skrobotov is shot and killed following the closing of his factory. His trip to Capri resulted in a series of poetic vignettes called Tales of Italy. In one of his plays, Protasov works diligently to perfect mankind, oblivious to his best friend's attempts to woo his wife. This author of Enemies and Children of the Sun wrote a play in which Natasha's sister burns her legs by throwing boiling oil on them, and her lover Pepel kills Kostilioff. In that play, his most famous, the idealistic Luka tries to uplift such characters as the thief Vaska and a drunken former actor. That play is about a lodging house inhabited by the dregs of society. For 10 points, name this author of The Lower Depths.
In a play by this author, Skrobotov is shot and killed following the closing of his factory.
Maxim Gorky [or Alexei Maximovich Peskhov]