The Conformist. Maxim Titovets. City life scenes in four acts. Translated by Olga Savchuk. CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY Sergey Lebedev, a professor, a neuro surgeon, 65. Victoria Pavlovna, his wife, an owner of an art gallery, 62. Aglaya, his eldest daughter, art expert, 28. Inna, his younger daughter, 23. Nikolay Orlov, an aspiring painter, 25. Olga Orlova, his mother, a high-level public official at the ministry of education, 50. Leonid Gromov, a retired general, a businessman, 63. Mitya Gromov, his son, a man of pleasure, 25...

BOOK ONE CHAPTER 1 - Never Talk with Strangers CHAPTER 2 - Pontius Pilate CHAPTER 3 - The Seventh Proof CHAPTER 4 - The Chase CHAPTER 5 - There were Doings at Griboedov’s CHAPTER 6 - Schizophrenia, as was Said CHAPTER 7 - A Naughty Apartment CHAPTER 8 - The Combat between the Professor and the Poet CHAPTER 9 - Koroviev’s Stunts CHAPTER 10 - News From Yalta CHAPTER 11 - Ivan Splits in Two CHAPTER 12 - Black Magic and Its Exposure CHAPTER 13 - The Hero Enters CHAPTER 14 - Glory to the Cock! CHAPTER 15 - Nikanor Ivanovich’s Dream CHAPTER 16 - The Execution CHAPTER...