The Kreutzer Sonata
3 hrs. 56 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Leo Tolstoy
Author
Leo Tolstoy
Narrator
Albert Ibragimov
Narrator
Albert Ibragimov
Description
Tolstoy’s most famous late statement about sexual morality.
In the story, Vasily Pozdnyshev recounts his wild jealousy, which led him to kill his wife, and shares thoughts about how sexual desire turns a person into an animal—and about marriage as the sanctification of debauchery.
Immediately after "The Kreutzer Sonata" was written, it caused a scandal and was almost banned from publication in Russia; in more puritanical America, it was banned right away, and the future President Theodore Roosevelt called Tolstoy a pervert.
In turn, Chekhov—who worshipped Tolstoy—accused him of ignorance because of the writer’s views on sex.
In the story, Vasily Pozdnyshev recounts his wild jealousy, which led him to kill his wife, and shares thoughts about how sexual desire turns a person into an animal—and about marriage as the sanctification of debauchery.
Immediately after "The Kreutzer Sonata" was written, it caused a scandal and was almost banned from publication in Russia; in more puritanical America, it was banned right away, and the future President Theodore Roosevelt called Tolstoy a pervert.
In turn, Chekhov—who worshipped Tolstoy—accused him of ignorance because of the writer’s views on sex.
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