Download or read book The Kreutzer Sonata written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Love? “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness. She says and does horrid things, and you see only charm. And if a handsome woman does not say stupid or horrid things, you at once persuade yourself that she is wonderfully clever and moral.” - Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata Upon hearing a woman arguing that marriage should never be arranged and always be subject to love, Pozdnyshev asks: ‘What is love?’ He condemns the argument saying that love doesn’t last forever and can quickly turn into hatred. What is Pozdnyshev’s story? Why doesn’t he believe in love? Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Download or read book The Death of Ivan Ilyich The Kreutzer Sonata written by Leo Tolstoy and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" – Ivan Ilyich lives a carefree life that is "most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible". Like everyone he knows, he spends his life climbing the social ladder. Enduring marriage to a woman whom he often finds too demanding, he works his way up to be a magistrate. While hanging curtains for his new home one day, he falls awkwardly and hurts his side. Though he does not think much of it at first, he begins to suffer from a pain in his side. As his discomfort grows, his behavior towards his family becomes more irritable. "The Kreutzer Sonata" 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 causes for the deed were the "animal excesses" and "swinish connection" governing the relation between the sexes.
Download or read book The Kreutzer Sonata The Death of Ivan Ilyich written by Leo Tolstoy and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ivan Ilyich lives a carefree life that is "most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible". Like everyone he knows, he spends his life climbing the social ladder. Enduring marriage to a woman whom he often finds too demanding, he works his way up to be a magistrate. While hanging curtains for his new home one day, he falls awkwardly and hurts his side. Though he does not think much of it at first, he begins to suffer from a pain in his side. As his discomfort grows, his behavior towards his family becomes more irritable. "The Kreutzer Sonata" 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 causes for the deed were the "animal excesses" and "swinish connection" governing the relation between the sexes.
Download or read book The Kreutzer Sonata written by Leo Tolstoi and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoi
Download or read book The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVThree great stories offer profound insights into human behavior and motivation. Title story plus "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" and "The Death of Ivan Ilych." Explanatory footnotes. /div
Download or read book The Death of Ivan Ilyich written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A successful man must face the terror of his own mortality in this masterful nineteenth-century Russian novella by the author of War and Peace. In his later years, Leo Tolstoy began to contemplate the inescapable realities of mortality—its terrifying mystery, its many indignities, and the way it forces one to look back on the legacy and regrets of one’s life. The Death of Ivan Ilyich, widely considered the masterpiece of Tolstoy’s late career, is both a deeply insightful meditation on the final months of a man’s life, and an unsparing critique of conventional middle-class life in nineteenth-century Russia. Ivan Ilyich, a prosperous high-court judge, spends his days pursuing social advancement among his peers and avoiding his loveless marriage. But when a seemingly innocuous injury signals the beginning of a terminal illness, Ilyich begins to see the true worth of his life with tragic clarity.
Download or read book Death of Iv n lich written by L. N. Tolstoi and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Death of Ivan Ilyich the Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories written by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy and published by Lits. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel tells a story of life and death related to Ivan Ilyich, a high court judge in St. Petersburg. This is a masterpiece of Tolstoy's late fiction and many people have different interpretation on its end. The Kreutzer Sonata was published in 1889 and immediately censored by the Russian government. The work is related to sexual abstinence. The other stories included are Ivan the Fool, A Lost Opportunity, Polikushka or the Lot of a Wicked Court Servant, and The Candle.
Download or read book Death of Ivan Ilich Dramatic Works The Kreutzer Sonata Classic Reprint written by Lev N. Tolstoy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Death of Ivan Ilich; Dramatic Works; The Kreutzer Sonata The doctors could not make it out. That is, they did, but each of them differently. When I saw him the last time, I thought he was getting better. And here I have not called on him since the holidays. I was meaning to all the time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Kreutzer Sonata written by Leo Tolstoy and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy was never one to shy away from complex or unpopular ideas. In the title story of this exquisite collection, named for one of Beethoven's most intricate works, Tolstoy crafts a tale of murder and jealousy, using it to explore the morality of romantic love. Fans of classic literature will not be disappointed.
Download or read book Kreutzer Sonata written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Newcomb Livraria Press. This book was released on with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new 2023 translation into modern American English directly from the original Russian manuscript. This edition contains an Afterword by the translator, a timeline of Tolstoy's life and works, and a glossary of philosophic terminology used throughout Tolstoy's literature and philosophy. Kreutzer Sonata (Крейцерова соната) (1889) is a novella written by Leo Tolstoy, inspired by the homonymous Beethoven violin sonata. The story revolves around the protagonist, Pozdnyshev, who recounts his tragic tale of jealousy, passion, and murder to a fellow passenger during a train journey. Pozdnyshev becomes consumed by jealousy and suspicion over his wife's supposed affair with a violinist who performs the Kreutzer Sonata. Tolstoy uses this narrative to explore the complexities of human relationships, societal conventions, and the destructive power of unchecked emotions, particularly jealousy and possessiveness. The novella's philosophical merit lies in Tolstoy's critique of marriage, his examination of the role of societal norms in shaping our understanding of love, and his exploration of the darker aspects of the human psyche.
Download or read book The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories written by Leo Graf Tolstoy and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the title story in which the life of a peaceful public official is permanently changed by a mysterious illness, and includes "Family Happiness," "The Kreutzer Sonata," and "Master and Man," also by the ninteenth-century Russian author.
Download or read book The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy written by Joseph Cowley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leo Tolstoy was born on the family estate at Yasnaya Polyana, south of Moscow, in 1828. His parents were of the Russian nobility. They died when he was young, leaving him and his three brothers to be brought up by aunts. He began the study of law in 1844, but was a poor student and soon dropped out. In 1851, after running up heavy gambling debts, he joined the army in the Caucasus. It was about this time he began writing. Of his early work, perhaps the best known are the three novels of his autobiographical trilogy, Childhood (1852), Boyhood (1854), and Youth (1857). They portray his happy childhood and young manhood. Tolstoy married Sophia Behrens, 16 years his junior, in 1862. It was a marriage marked by sexual passion and emotion. Even so, their early married life was ostensibly happy and allowed Tolstoy much freedom to write. Tolstoy died in 1910, and today is considered one of the giants of Russian literature. His most famous works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina and novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Kreutzer Sonata.
Download or read book The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant translation of Tolstoy’s most important short fiction by the award-winning translators of War and Peace. Here are eleven masterful stories from the mature author, some autobiographical, others moral parables, and all told with the evocative power that was Tolstoy’s alone. They include “The Prisoner of the Caucasus,” inspired by Tolstoy's own experiences as a soldier in the Chechen War, “Hadji Murat,” the novella Harold Bloom called “the best story in the world,” “The Devil,” a fascinating tale of sexual obsession, and the celebrated “The Death of Ivan Ilyich,” an intense and moving examination of death and the possibilities of redemption. Pevear and Volokhonsky’s translation captures the richness, immediacy, and multiplicity of Tolstoy’s language, and reveals the author as a passionate moral guide, an unflinching seeker of truth, and ultimately, a creator of enduring and universal art.
Download or read book Collected Shorter Fiction of Leo Tolstoy Volume II written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2001-08-07 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging in scope from lengthy novellas to fables and folktales only a few pages long, Leo Tolstoy’s short fiction provides a marvelous opportunity to become closely acquainted with Russia’s great novelist. Volume 2 of the Collected Shorter Fiction reveals how Tolstoy’s growing spiritual preoccupations flowered into a series of extraordinary late masterpieces that equal anything in the earlier novels for intensity and power. Readers of The Death of Iván Ilých, The Kreutzer Sonata, Father Sergius, Master and Man, and Hadji Murád will recognize the brilliant novelist now transfigured by his passionate quest for salvation and forgiveness. Aylmer and Louise Maude’s classic translations are supplemented by new translations by Nigel J. Cooper of six stories, including two that have never before appeared in English.
Download or read book The Complete Works of Count Tolst y Death of Iv n Ilich Dramatic works The Kreutzer sonata written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
