In The Kreutzer Sonata, Tolstoy considers the problem of family as part of the larger and more general issue he addresses, which is the erosion of the moral foundations of his contemporary society.
The main line of the book is that a family cannot exist in the privileged classes of society at that time (and often not even in the rural environment, as Tolstoy mournfully observes).
It is a time when new economic relationships are developing in Russia, the old patriarchal regime is collapsing, and a mercenary "morality" is emerging in social relationships.
This kind of morality is ruthlessly uncovered by Tolstoy, with honesty and consistency, believing that beauty and poetry cannot exist in life when simplicity and truth are absent.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Leo Tolstoy
- Publisher
- Malliaris Paideia
- Publishers
- Malliaris Paideia
- Type
- Classical Literature, Prose
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 176
- Release Date
- 12/2023
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789606442773
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