《Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories》克罗伊策奏鸣曲与其他故事：为何没有平等，我们仍要珍视生命

Family Happiness (1859), The Kreutzer Sonata (1889), The Cossacks (1863), and Hadji Murad (1904) are four novellas that span almost half a century of Tolstoys writing career. On one hand, they explore themes of family and love, while on the other hand, they delve into the realms of war and death.

In terms of womens issues, despite Tolstoys mastery of writing techniques, his perspectives remain outdated, tainted by the male gaze and exposing his biases. However, when it comes to war and death, his novels become captivating. In "Guling Street," Honeys characterization of "War and Peace" as a martial arts novel is reasonable and fitting.

When facing death, his male characters exhibit affirmation of life, while in their encounters with women and love, they embody denial of the female. This highlights Tolstoys limitations: affirming male life by negating the female. He never considered womens liberation, resorting to suppressing male desires to maintain male dominance.

Affirmation of life either comes through sacrificing oneself in war or sacrificing the joy of love. He never contemplated the possibility of true equality among people without sacrifice or repression. Dostoevsky reduced Tolstoys novels to "landowners literature," possibly because Tolstoy never viewed his reality with an equal gaze. Novels should raise meaningful questions about how to confront life and maintain equality while distinguishing between good and evil. They should not directly provide answers but rather harbor the potential to answer them.