{"product_id":"the-kreutzer-sonata-a-play-in-four-acts-9781434445544","title":"The Kreutzer Sonata: A Play in Four Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frank J. Morlock | Leo Tolstoy | Fernand Noziere\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Borgo Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Borgo Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis play, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's classic 1890 novel of the same name, focuses on the relationship between a husband and wife--Poznichev and his spouse, Laura. Poznichev gradually talks himself into believing that his young wife is having an affair with a friend of the family, in a sinister form of wish fulfillment. His insane jealousy destroys not just their relationship, but also each other. In the end he becomes a kind of Russian Othello, murdering the one he loves. The story gave Tolstoy--who was plagued with a troubled marriage of his own--an opportunity to express his view that chastity is the only proper relationship between men and women--that intimacy between men and women always results in social disaster, and that mankind can only perfect itself by rejecting sex altogether. His view was not widely adopted!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Borgo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47573317091479,"sku":"9781434445544","price":1263.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781434445544.webp?v=1774892536","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-kreutzer-sonata-a-play-in-four-acts-9781434445544","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}