The Cause of it All by Leo Tolstoy - is a play in two parts by Leo Tolstoy published in 1910, and later translated by Aylmer and Louise Maude. It heavily features anti-alcohol and teetotaling themes.It is recommended reading according to the 1925 publication, "A Study of the Modern Drama, " according to Barrett Harper Clark. It is quoted in a 2013 text about Tolstoy's work called "the Best Stories Don't Come from Good Vs. Bad But Good Vs. Good".MARTHA. Oh dear, my heart feels heavy! I know it means trouble; there's nothing to keep him there. It will again be like the other day, when he went to town to sell the firewood and drank nearly half of it. And he blames me for everything.AKULÍNA. Why look for trouble? It is still early, and the town is a long way off. For the present...MARTHA. What do you mean by early? Akímych is back already. He started after Michael but Michael's not back yet! It's worry worry all day long; that's all the pleasure one gets.AKULÍNA. Akímych took his load straight to a customer; but our man took his to sell at the market.