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On a train journey, Pozdnyshev tells his story to a stranger: how his relationship with his wife gradually deteriorated from one of love and passion to jealousy and resentfulness, culminating in a mad act of desperation while she practised Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata with her violin teacher. An uncompromising examination of lust, suspicion and infidelity which was once forbidden by censors in Russia and banned in the US due to its shocking content, Tolstoy’s controversial novella – here presented in a new translation, along with ‘The Prisoner of the Caucasus’, ‘Master and Man’ and ‘After the Ball’ – is now considered one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy’s late period.

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Tolstoy is the greatest Russian writer of prose fiction. -- Vladimir Nabokov
It showcases the questioning, unsettling and perfectly crafted prose of the author of Anna Karenina and War and Peace. * The Good Book Guide *
In Roger Cockrell's fluid rendering in English, the story shines and glimmers beautifully. * RTÉ *

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Contains: The Kreutzer Sonata, After the Ball, Master and Man, The Prisoner of the Caucasus.

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories: New

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      Publisher Alma Classics
      Published 15 April 2015
      ISBN-13 9781847494115
      978-1847494115
      ISBN-10 1847494110
      Also in:
      Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Books by Leo Tolstoy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      On a train journey, Pozdnyshev tells his story to a stranger: how his relationship with his wife gradually deteriorated from one of love and passion to jealousy and resentfulness, culminating in a mad act of desperation while she practised Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata with her violin teacher. An uncompromising examination of lust, suspicion and infidelity which was once forbidden by censors in Russia and banned in the US due to its shocking content, Tolstoy’s controversial novella – here presented in a new translation, along with ‘The Prisoner of the Caucasus’, ‘Master and Man’ and ‘After the Ball’ – is now considered one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy’s late period.

      Trade Review
      Tolstoy is the greatest Russian writer of prose fiction. -- Vladimir Nabokov
      It showcases the questioning, unsettling and perfectly crafted prose of the author of Anna Karenina and War and Peace. * The Good Book Guide *
      In Roger Cockrell's fluid rendering in English, the story shines and glimmers beautifully. * RTÉ *

      Table of Contents
      Contains: The Kreutzer Sonata, After the Ball, Master and Man, The Prisoner of the Caucasus.

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