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The Kreutzer Sonata is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after
Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal
of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of
jealous rage. The main character, Pozdnyshev, relates the events
leading up to his killing his wife; in his analysis, the root cause
for the deed were the "animal excesses" and "swinish connection"
governing the relation between the sexes. During a train ride,
Pozdnyshev overhears a conversation concerning marriage, divorce
and love. When a woman argues that marriage should not be arranged
but based on true love, he asks "what is love?" and points out
that, if understood as an exclusive preference for one person, it
often passes quickly. Convention dictates that two married people
stay together, and initial love can quickly turn into hatred. After
he meets and marries his wife, periods of passionate love and
vicious fights alternate. The work was banned in Russia and the US
by the censors.
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Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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