The Kreutzer Sonata And Other Stories (Annotated)

Download or read book The Kreutzer Sonata And Other Stories (Annotated) written by Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-08 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. With a lesson of "The Kreutzer Sonata" at the end of the novel.Other stories are: "Ivan the Fool", "A Lost Opportunity", "Polikushka" or, The Lost of a Wicked Court Servant and "The Candle".This is an annotated edition, which was translated by Benj. R. Tucker.Font used in this annotated edition is Baskerville - 11.