Tales of Sexual Desire

Tolstoy wrote some of the most disquieting short stories the world has known--these three are no exception. Here, the duels and duality of man and woman are played out in tortured--and sometimes tragic--drama. Above all, the characters featured in these pages bring to life universal truths for the human condition; truths that Tolstoy weaves with an almost unrivaled skill. "Father Sergius" is preoccupied with the material desire for the flesh, while "The Kreutzer Sonata" caused a public sensation for its scathing indictment of marriage. Tolstoy had become convinced that "Christian marriage" was an impossibility, and in both "Sonata" and "The Devil" he launches a tirade against human sexuality and the humiliating sexual ties that bind men to women. Together these three stories provide a picture of a man obsessed with questions of moral, sexual, and religious ambiguity, his treatment of female sexuality still having a resonance today.

ISBN 0955519683   Pages 208 ISBN13 9780955519680 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Capuchin Classics   Weight (grammes) 249 Imprint Capuchin Classics   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 195 Publication date 01 Jan 2009   Width (mm) 125 DEWEY 891.733   Spine width (mm) 18 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

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