The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. THE KREUTZER SONATA.

LESSON OF "THE KREUTZER SONATA." IVAN THE FOOL.

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"The main thing, and the thing which such people as he do not understand," rejoined the lady, "is that only love consecrates marriage, and that the real marriage is that which is consecrated by love."

The clerk listened and smiled, with the air of one accustomed to store in his memory all intelligent conversation that he hears, in order to make use of it afterwards.

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