The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories [With ATOC]

The Kreutzer Sonata (Russian: Крейцерова соната, Kreitzerova Sonata) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1889 and promptly censored by the Russian authorities. 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.


Contents:

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

THE KREUTZER SONATA.
28 Chapters

LESSON OF "THE KREUTZER SONATA."

IVAN THE FOOL.
12 Chapters

A LOST OPPORTUNITY.

"POLIKUSHKA;"
6 Chapters

THE CANDLE.