Cracer Sonata

Tales of Kreutserov Sonata, “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”, “Father Sergius” and “Hound” reflect another facet of the talent of the writer - the skilled master of low prose, in them Tolstoy manifests itself not only as a great writer, but also as a great teacher Life.

“The death of Ivan Ilyich” (1886)-without exaggeration, one of the most significant works of death in the world literature, about how an approaching, inevitable death can transform in general in general The “true” light and the truth of life and the “holstomer” (1886) is an unremarkable person and to open it with the extinguishing gaze - the philosophical parable, the story in it is the old Gerin: the humanized horse is actually “more human” of its owners. “Sonata Kreutserova” (1890) - at first prohibited by censorship for his “scandalous character”, this story of Tolstoy is about the destructive power of jealousy, which can lead to even murder.

“Father Sergius” (1911 G.) - a story about the temptation, about the secret devil who lives in each of us and an attempt to get out of himself this devil, to escape from him. A story very personal for the writer, reflecting his ideas about faith and redeeming at the end of his life path.