The Kreutzer Sonata (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- First Published: 1889
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Russia
- Principal Characters: Vasyla Pozdnishef, Madame Pozdnishef, Trukhashevsky
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Suicide, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Adultery, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Pianos or pianists, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Russia
The Story:
One spring night a railway train was speeding across Russia. In one of the cars a sprightly conversation about the place of women, both in public and in the home, was in progress among a group of aristocrats. One of the listeners finally broke into the conversation with the statement that Russians married only for sexual reasons and that marriage was a hell for most of them unless they, like himself, secured release by killing the other party to the marriage. With that remark he left the group and retired to his own seat in the car. Later on, he told his story to his...
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