Book #810, The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy, starts with a man declaring "I am that Pozdnyshev in whose life that critical episode occurred to which you alluded; the episode when he killed his wife." The narrator then goes to describe his encounter with Pozdnyshev and the man's story of how this murder came about. It is a sad story of lust and betrayal and a man's realization that he never truly understood love. This is one of the best short stories by Tolstoy that I have read.
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