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
... its weakening effect is felt in the most essential sphere of human activity , the spiritual one . Moderation , say the defenders of the present order , but there can be no question of moderation where the violation of the 10 INTRODUCTION ...
... its weakening effect is felt in the most essential sphere of human activity , the spiritual one . Moderation , say the defenders of the present order , but there can be no question of moderation where the violation of the 10 INTRODUCTION ...
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... its appearance in space and time ) . Let it die out . I am no more sorry for this two - legged animal than I am for the ichthyosaurs etc. What I care about is that the true life should not die out , the love of creatures that are able ...
... its appearance in space and time ) . Let it die out . I am no more sorry for this two - legged animal than I am for the ichthyosaurs etc. What I care about is that the true life should not die out , the love of creatures that are able ...
14. oldal
... its constitution precocious sexual development . The mind should be free from the subject , and every substance that has a tendency to promote desire should be studiously avoided . For this reason separate beds and even sleeping rooms ...
... its constitution precocious sexual development . The mind should be free from the subject , and every substance that has a tendency to promote desire should be studiously avoided . For this reason separate beds and even sleeping rooms ...
15. oldal
... its value depends on what use it serves . And since the children were an expression of her selfishness , they brought nothing but torment . ' On 4 July he noted in his diary : This morning and yesterday evening thought long and clearly ...
... its value depends on what use it serves . And since the children were an expression of her selfishness , they brought nothing but torment . ' On 4 July he noted in his diary : This morning and yesterday evening thought long and clearly ...
16. oldal
... its most immediately appealing features was given vivid confir- mation by the way in which , not yet completed , it was wrested from its creator's hands and transformed into a piece of public property . Before Tolstoy had even had time ...
... its most immediately appealing features was given vivid confir- mation by the way in which , not yet completed , it was wrested from its creator's hands and transformed into a piece of public property . Before Tolstoy had even had time ...
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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.