Crimes of Passion in Russian Literature

[Svetlana Grenier]

Incidentally, in Leskov's "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" , 
suggested earlier, not only the rival but also the husband, the 
father-in-law (and a child?) are murdered.

Dostoevsky discusses several such crimes in Dnevnik pisatelia (Kairova 
trying to murder her rival, I believe, and Kornilova throwing her 
stepdaughter out of a window, although he explains it by temporary 
insanity brought on by pregnancy).

Svetlana Grenier


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