The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

by Leo Tolstoy

Overview

Five classic Tolstoy stories: The Kreutzer Sonata, Ivan the Fool, A Lost Opportunity, Polikushka, and The Candle. According to Wikipedia: "Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) was a Russian writer widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists. His masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina stand, in their scope, breadth and vivid depiction of 19th-century Russian life, at the very peak of realist fiction."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455366279
Publisher:	Seltzer Books
Publication date:	12/03/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	417 KB

About the Author

Richard Gustafson is Professor of Russian at Barnard College, Columbia University and a specialist in Russian literature and religious philosophy. He is the author of Leo Tolstoy: Resident and Stranger (1986).

Date of Birth:

September 9, 1828

Date of Death:

November 20, 1910

Place of Birth:

Tula Province, Russia

Place of Death:

Astapovo, Russia

Education:

Privately educated by French and German tutors; attended the University of Kazan, 1844-47

Table of Contents

Family HappinessThe CossacksThe Kreutzer SonataHadji Murád

Editorial Reviews

"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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