The Kreutzer Sonata is a book by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The novella was published in 1889, and was promptly censored by the Russian authorities. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of jealous rage. The main character, Pozdnyshev, relates the events leading up to his killing his wife; in his analysis, the root cause for the deed were the "animal excesses" and "swinish connection" governing the relation between the sexes. This book has been formatted for your reader, with an active table of contents. The work is also annotated, with additional information about the book and its author, including an overview, summary, censorship, epilogue, adaptations biographical and bibliographical information.