Dec 23, 2009

The Kreutzer Sonata | The Kreutzer Sonata

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Author: Leo Tolstoy
First Published: 1889
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
Setting: Russia
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

Characters Discussed

Vasyla Pozdnishef (VAHS-lyah pohz-DNIH-shehf), a Russian landed proprietor who describes the horror of marriage and the murder of his wife. The only character in the novel developed to any extent, Pozdnishef relates his macabre story to a fellow traveler on the train, who in turn relates it to the reader. The hero-villain has been brought up to avoid all moral responsibility. As a wealthy young man, he looked on women merely as the instruments of his sensual gratification. At thirty, he married and settled down to what he supposed would be an ideal and pure...

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The Kreutzer Sonata | The Kreutzer Sonata

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