Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Th e Tolstoy Family Story Contest xi
6. Part One. The Story and Counterstories
7. The Kreutzer Sonata 3
8. Whose Fault? 71
9. Chopin’s Prelude 255
10. Part Two. Reflections
11. Ruminations on Tolstoy’s 295
12. Epilogue to The Kreutzer Sonata 297
13. “The Wife Murderer” 309
14. Excerpts from Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy’s Letters, 1889– 91 313
15. Excerpts from Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy’s Diary, 1889– 1900 315
16. Excerpts from Sofi ya Adreevna Tolstaya’s Diary 321
17. Excerpts from My Life 329
18. Excerpt from The Truth About My Father 343
19. Excerpt from Tolstoy: A Life of My Father 347
20. Afterword 353
21. Selected Bibliography of Works in English 355