The Kreutzer Sonata (Annotated) by Leo Tolstoy
Author | : Leo Tolstoy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2021-04-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798745725029 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Travellers left and entered our car at every stopping of the train. Three persons, however, remained, bound, like myself, for the farthest station: a lady neither young nor pretty, smoking cigarettes, with a thin face, a cap on her head, and wearing a semi-masculine outer garment; then her companion, a very loquacious gentleman of about forty years, with baggage entirely new and arranged in an orderly manner; then a gentleman who held himself entirely aloof, short in stature, very nervous, of uncertain age, with bright eyes, not pronounced in color, but extremely attractive,--eyes that darted with rapidity from one object to another.This gentleman, during almost all the journey thus far, had entered into conversation with no fellow-traveller, as if he carefully avoided all acquaintance. When spoken to, he answered curtly and decisively, and began to look out of the car window obstinately.