The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories

by Leo Tolstoy

Book Overview

One of the world's greatest novelists, Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) also wrote numerous excellent short stories, three of which are contained in this volume. "The Kreutzer Sonata" (1891) is a penetrating study of jealousy as well as a splenetic complaint about the way in which society educates young men and women in matters of sex. In "The Death of Ivan Ilych" (1886), a symbolic Everyman discovers the inner light of faith and love only when confronted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486278050
• ISBN13: 9780486278056
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher