The Kreutzer Sonata Contributor(s): Tolstoy, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1600964346 ISBN-13: 9781600964343 Publisher: Waking Lion Press OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly, no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love, the nine titles in the Penguin Great Loves collection include tales of blissful and all-encompassing, doomed and tragic, erotic and absurd, seductive and adulterous, innocent and murderous love. A deeply moving addition to the Penguin Great Ideas and Great Journeys series, each gorgeously packaged book will challenge all expectations of love while celebrating the beauty of its existence. All books in this series: "Cures for Love Doomed Love The Eaten Heart First Love Forbidden Fruit The Kreutzer Sonata A Mere Interlude Of Mistresses, Tigresses and Other Conquests The Seduceras Diary" |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Romance - General - Fiction | Psychological |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1040 |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6" W x 9" (0.62 lbs) 188 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Controversial upon its publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy's then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century marriage, and his thinking on the role of art and music in society. The Kreutzer Sonata is essentially a discussion in which the character Pozdnyshev tells of his disasterous marriage. A cautionary tale, it is a declamation against immorality and sexual indulgence. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press. |