The Kreutzer Sonata and Other StoriesPenguin, 1985 - 287 oldal While "The Kreutzer Sonata" caused a public sensation, Tolstoy's wife, Sonya, was hurt and furious that he should have enriched his scathing indictment of marriage with private details from theri own life together. Tolstoy, during two years of obsessive unhappiness, had become convinced that the idea of a "Christian marriage" was an impossibility. Here he lets loose all his frustration and disgust at human sexuality, and the humiliating, ungodly, sensual tie that binds men to women. The curious result, part self-lacerating, confession, part Christian polemic, is moving, above all, as the story of a man whose sexual jealousy, inflamed by guilt, drives him to murder his wife. |
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10. oldal
... human life that had always been to him most crucial and problematic . In a letter of 6 November 1888 , the personal is quickly disposed of , to make room for more general matters : " The first thing I must say in this connection is that ...
... human life that had always been to him most crucial and problematic . In a letter of 6 November 1888 , the personal is quickly disposed of , to make room for more general matters : " The first thing I must say in this connection is that ...
11. oldal
... human being . And her husband will love her as a mistress , ignore her as a mother and hate her for her irritability and hysteria , which he himself has produced and continues to produce . This , in my view , is the key to all the ...
... human being . And her husband will love her as a mistress , ignore her as a mother and hate her for her irritability and hysteria , which he himself has produced and continues to produce . This , in my view , is the key to all the ...
12. oldal
... human race die out ? What will die out is man the animal . What a terrible misfortune that would be ! Just as the animals of prehistoric times died out , so , probably , will the human animal ( considered in terms of its appearance in ...
... human race die out ? What will die out is man the animal . What a terrible misfortune that would be ! Just as the animals of prehistoric times died out , so , probably , will the human animal ( considered in terms of its appearance in ...
13. oldal
... human beings , considered as animals , are seen as being inferior to the rest of animal creation . Man is a misfit in the animal kingdom : his task is to transcend his animal nature , which is in contradiction with his spirit and reason ...
... human beings , considered as animals , are seen as being inferior to the rest of animal creation . Man is a misfit in the animal kingdom : his task is to transcend his animal nature , which is in contradiction with his spirit and reason ...
18. oldal
... humanity is envisaged as perfect chastity , and the concept of ' Christian marriage ' exposed as an absurd contradiction in terms . There seemed at first little likelihood that the censor would ever permit the tale to be published in ...
... humanity is envisaged as perfect chastity , and the concept of ' Christian marriage ' exposed as an absurd contradiction in terms . There seemed at first little likelihood that the censor would ever permit the tale to be published in ...
Tartalomjegyzék
The Kreutzer Sonata | 25 |
The Devil | 119 |
The Forged Coupon | 175 |
After the Ball | 255 |
Postface to the Kreutzer Sonata | 267 |
Alternative Conclusion to The Devil | 283 |
Notes | 286 |
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9. oldal - For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.