The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories: Unabridged Edition

A man confesses his secret guilt to a stranger during a train trip. He remembers introducing his wife to an adventurer, and this started a game that will become tragically mocking. Increasingly suspicious one evening, as the couple perform Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata in perfect harmony, the man, driven by jealousy, kills his wife over a betrayal that never actually occurred and without realizing the terrible mistake. Published in 1891 after numerous revisions, the "Kreutzer Sonata" is among...