Regarding the «Kreutzer sonata»

The article is devoted to the novel of L.N. Tolstoy «The Kreutzer Sonata». The extraordinary impact of the story on the minds of its contemporaries is noted. The particular attention is paid to the literary responses to «The Kreutzer Sonata». The article presents a series of works that, according to V. Porudominskii, can be attributed to a particular genre «Regarding the» Kreutzer Sonata «. The article provides a brief analysis of the brightest and most interesting examples of this «genre». These are the stories by N.S. Leskov, L.L. Tolstoy, O.D. Lurie, M. Christa and S.A. Tolstaya’s novel «Whose fault is it?» (About the «Kreutzer Sonata»)». The analysis traces the main levels of controversy, as well as the intentions that guided the authors mentioned above, entering the «dispute» with the great genius.