{"product_id":"the-kreutzer-sonata-and-other-stories-riverrun-editions-9781529410532","title":"The Kreutzer Sonata and other stories (riverrun editions)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eTolstoy's shorter fiction, selected by critic Sharon Cameron, includes \"Family Happiness,\" \"The Devil,\" \"The Kreutzer Sonata,\" \"Father Sergius,\" and \"Master and Man.\" These stories explore themes such as unhappy marriages, loss of identity, and antidotes to delusion, fear, jealousy, and madness, with an ethical thread woven through them. The riverrun edition reissues the translation of Louise and Aylmer Maude, who brought Tolstoy's work to a wide readership in English. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 17 March 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the joys of Tolstoy's stories is how truth grows and deepens when it moves from didactic fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening. Sharon Cameron, in her preface to The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories, This second volume of Tolstoy's shorter fiction, selected by the critic Sharon Cameron, contains \"Family Happiness,\" \"The Devil,\" and \"The Kreutzer Sonata,\" three of Tolstoy's unhappy-marriage stories, as well as \"Father Sergius,\" a story of a loss of identity in the ambitious pursuit of holy virtue, and \"Master and Man.\" Tolstoy's antidotes to delusion, fear, jealousy, and even madness have an ethical thread woven through the fabric of different themes and genres. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis riverrun edition reissues the translation of Louise and Aylmer Maude, whose influential versions of Tolstoy first brought his work to a wide readership in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 332g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 197 x 131 x 36 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529410532\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leo Tolstoy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097733951738,"sku":"9781529410532","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1648209191329_book.jpg?v=1648324413","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-kreutzer-sonata-and-other-stories-riverrun-editions-9781529410532","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}