Novella · 1889
The Kreutzer Sonata
Крейцерова соната
A man on a train confesses how he came to murder his wife — and the scandal that followed.
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Leo Tolstoy 1828 – 1910 · Russia As an Amazon Associate, The Put’ earns from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.
On a train, a man named Pozdnyshev tells a fellow passenger how he came to murder his wife. His confession becomes a furious argument about marriage, jealousy and desire, and a challenge to the conventions of Tolstoy’s own age.
Named after Beethoven’s violin sonata, which plays a part in the story, it caused a scandal and was banned by the censors.
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