The Kreutzer Sonata François Xavier Prinet, which shows a passionate kiss between the violinist and the pianist. The painting was used for years in Tabu perfume ads. Arab Israeli author Sayed Kashua's 2010 novel "Second Person Singular" echoes the Kreutzer Sonata set in present-day Israel. A copy of The Kreutzer Sonata also functions as a major plot device. The Kreutzer Sonata The Kreutzer Sonata (, ) is a novella 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
The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter "The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter" is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in "Popular Tales of the West Highlands", listing his informant as Ann Darroch from Islay. It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include "Cap O' Rushes", "Catskin", "Little Cat Skin", "Allerleirauh", "Donkeyskin", "The She-Bear", "Tattercoats", "Mossycoat", "The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress", and "The Bear". A king lost his wife a long time ago, and declared he would not marry anyone who did not fit her clothes. One day,