The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Xist Publishing

Published: 2015-09-28

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1681952483

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What Is Love? “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness. She says and does horrid things, and you see only charm. And if a handsome woman does not say stupid or horrid things, you at once persuade yourself that she is wonderfully clever and moral.” - Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata Upon hearing a woman arguing that marriage should never be arranged and always be subject to love, Pozdnyshev asks: ‘What is love?’ He condemns the argument saying that love doesn’t last forever and can quickly turn into hatred. What is Pozdnyshev’s story? Why doesn’t he believe in love? Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-02-29

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 0486110621

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DIVThree great stories offer profound insights into human behavior and motivation. Title story plus "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" and "The Death of Ivan Ilych." Explanatory footnotes. /div

The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata

Author: Leo Tolstoi

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-04-04

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 3732632695

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Reproduction of the original: The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoi

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

Author: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2013-05-03

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781484875728

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The Kreutzer Sonata is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of jealous rage. The main character, Pozdnyshev, relates the events leading up to his killing his wife; in his analysis, the root cause for the deed were the "animal excesses" and "swinish connection" governing the relation between the sexes. During a train ride, Pozdnyshev overhears a conversation concerning marriage, divorce and love. When a woman argues that marriage should not be arranged but based on true love, he asks "what is love?" and points out that, if understood as an exclusive preference for one person, it often passes quickly. Convention dictates that two married people stay together, and initial love can quickly turn into hatred. After he meets and marries his wife, periods of passionate love and vicious fights alternate. The work was banned in Russia and the US by the censors.

Collected Shorter Fiction of Leo Tolstoy, Volume II
Collected Shorter Fiction of Leo Tolstoy, Volume II

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Published: 2001-08-07

Total Pages: 1018

ISBN-13: 0375412875

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Ranging in scope from lengthy novellas to fables and folktales only a few pages long, Leo Tolstoy’s short fiction provides a marvelous opportunity to become closely acquainted with Russia’s great novelist. Volume 2 of the Collected Shorter Fiction reveals how Tolstoy’s growing spiritual preoccupations flowered into a series of extraordinary late masterpieces that equal anything in the earlier novels for intensity and power. Readers of The Death of Iván Ilých, The Kreutzer Sonata, Father Sergius, Master and Man, and Hadji Murád will recognize the brilliant novelist now transfigured by his passionate quest for salvation and forgiveness. Aylmer and Louise Maude’s classic translations are supplemented by new translations by Nigel J. Cooper of six stories, including two that have never before appeared in English.

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

Author: Graf Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13:

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The present book 'The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories' is a compandium of many short stories and short novellas written by famous English fiction writer graf Leo Tolstoy.

The Kreutzer Sonata Variations
The Kreutzer Sonata Variations

Author: Michael R. Katz

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2014-08-26

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0300210396

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A work unprecedented in world literature, this unique volume contains a new translation of Lev Tolstoy’s controversial novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. In addition, available to English readers for the first time is a fascinating and previously neglected constellation of counterstories written by the author’s wife and son in direct response to Tolstoy’s provocative tale, each a passionate attempt to undo the message of the original work. These radically conflicting tales, accompanied by excerpts from family letters, diaries, notes, and memoirs, provide readers with a vivid and highly revealing case study of the powerful disputes concerning sexuality and gender roles that erupted within the cultural context of late-nineteenth-century Russian, as well as European, society.

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

Author: graf Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780140444698

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A collection of some of Tolstoy's late stories. They are accompanied by an introduction in which David McDuff examines Tolstoy's state of mind as he produced these works, and then discusses their public reception.

The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1775459055

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Renowned Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy was never one to shy away from complex or unpopular ideas. In the title story of this exquisite collection, named for one of Beethoven's most intricate works, Tolstoy crafts a tale of murder and jealousy, using it to explore the morality of romantic love. Fans of classic literature will not be disappointed.