The Kreutzer Sonata and Other StoriesPenguin UK, 1985. szept. 26. - 352 oldal 'The Kreutzer Sonata' is the self-lacerating confession of a man consumed by sexual jealousy and eaten up by shame and eventually driven to murder his wife. The story caused a sensation when it first appeared and Tolstoy's wife was appalled that he had drawn on their own experiences together to create a scathing indictment of marriage. 'The Devil', centring on a young man torn between his passion for a peasant girl and his respectable life with his loving wife, also illustrates the impossibility of pure love. 'The Forged Coupon' shows how an act of corruption can spiral out of control, and 'After the Ball' examines the abuse of power. Written during a time of spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, these late stories reflect a world of moral uncertainties. |
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... played a part in the development and elaboration of the original material. Among the most important of these was his increasing preoccupation with questions of married life, in particular those relating to sexuality and chastity. This ...
... played a part in the development and elaboration of the original material. Among the most important of these was his increasing preoccupation with questions of married life, in particular those relating to sexuality and chastity. This ...
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... play a role he considers degrading, and the instinct of sex itself, which he sees as having no relevance to the essential human condition, being an attempt by the Devil to divert the attention of human beings from their struggle to ...
... play a role he considers degrading, and the instinct of sex itself, which he sees as having no relevance to the essential human condition, being an attempt by the Devil to divert the attention of human beings from their struggle to ...
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... playing around – if you'll pardon the expression – with a heathen, a Jew he was. What was the lad supposed to do? He threw her out. Now he lives as a bachelor, and she walks the streets.' 'So he was an idiot,' said the old man. 'If he'd ...
... playing around – if you'll pardon the expression – with a heathen, a Jew he was. What was the lad supposed to do? He threw her out. Now he lives as a bachelor, and she walks the streets.' 'So he was an idiot,' said the old man. 'If he'd ...
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The Devil | |
The Forged Coupon | |
After the Ball | |
Postface to The Kreutzer Sonata | |
Further Reading | |
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