The Kreutzer Sonata and Other StoriesWhile "The Kreutzer Sonata" caused a public sensation, Tolstoy's wife, Sonya, was hurt and furious that he should have enriched his scathing indictment of marriage with private details from theri own life together. Tolstoy, during two years of obsessive unhappiness, had become convinced that the idea of a "Christian marriage" was an impossibility. Here he lets loose all his frustration and disgust at human sexuality, and the humiliating, ungodly, sensual tie that binds men to women. The curious result, part self-lacerating, confession, part Christian polemic, is moving, above all, as the story of a man whose sexual jealousy, inflamed by guilt, drives him to murder his wife. |
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... Coupon 175 After the Ball 255 Appendix 1 : Postface to The Kreutzer Sonata 267 Appendix 2 : Alternative Conclusion to The Devil 283 Notes 286 TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION Tolstoy's work on The Kreutzer Sonata was prolonged.
... Coupon 175 After the Ball 255 Appendix 1 : Postface to The Kreutzer Sonata 267 Appendix 2 : Alternative Conclusion to The Devil 283 Notes 286 TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION Tolstoy's work on The Kreutzer Sonata was prolonged.
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... Coupon , After the Ball , Father Sergius and Hadji - Murat . In The Forged Coupon , Tolstoy gives artistic treatment , most successfully , of his doctrine of non - resistance to evil , first outlined in What I Believe . The first part ...
... Coupon , After the Ball , Father Sergius and Hadji - Murat . In The Forged Coupon , Tolstoy gives artistic treatment , most successfully , of his doctrine of non - resistance to evil , first outlined in What I Believe . The first part ...
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Contents
The Kreutzer Sonata | 25 |
The Devil | 119 |
The Forged Coupon | 175 |
After the Ball | 255 |
Postface to the Kreutzer Sonata | 267 |
Alternative Conclusion to The Devil | 283 |
Notes | 286 |
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