The Kreutzer Sonata

by Leo Tolstoy, Leo N. Tolstoi, Liev Tolstoy, et al.

Book Overview

When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy's then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century marriage, and his thinking on the role of art and music in society. In her Introduction, Doris Lessing shows how relevant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812968239
• ISBN13: 9780812968231
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.1"