Introduction: the Tolstoy family story contest / Michael R. Katz
The story and counterstories. The Kreutzer sonata / Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy ; Whose fault? ; Song without words / Sofiya Andreevna Tolstaya ; Chopin's prelude / Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
The reflections. Ruminations on Tolstoy's The Kreuzter sonata ; Epilogue to The Kreutzer sonata / Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy ; "The wife murderer" ; Letters (selection) ; Diary entries (selection) ; Diary entries (selection) ; My life (excerpts) / Sofiya Andreevna Tolstaya ; The truth about my father (excerpt) / Lev Lvovich Tolstoy ; Tolstoy: a life of my father (excerpt) / Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya
Afterword / Andrey Tolstoy.