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The Kreutzer Sonata

Author
Leo Tolstoy
Series
World Classics
Language
Russian
Length
86 pages
ISBN
9781910558850
Published
15 October 2014
Imprint
Sovereign
  • The Kreutzer Sonata
  • Leo Tolstoy
  • carnal love
  • marriage
  • god
  • Christianity
  • noble
  • humanity
  • crime
  • desire

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The Kreutzer Sonata, one of the most controversial novels written by Leo Tolstoy. It was named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata and attracted immediate attention of censors on both sides of the Atlantic when it first appeared. The narrative follows the main character, Pozdnyshev who relates the events leading up to his killing his wife.

Author

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was born to a titled family at Yasnaya Polyana, served in the Crimean War, and wrote the two novels that made Russian fiction a world event: War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The first holds a nation at war and at home; the second holds a marriage until it breaks. Later he turned from the worldly novel toward essays and moral tales, arguing with church, property, and his own fame. One hundred and six titles here.

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