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Tolstoi as Man and Artist
Dmitry Merezhkovsky · 1902
A 1902 critical study of Tolstoy by the Russian writer Dmitry Merezhkovsky, comparing him as both man and artist.
A critical study of Tolstoy by a fellow Russian writer, showing how his contemporaries assessed him.
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What it is
This is a book of literary criticism about Leo Tolstoy, written by the Russian writer Dmitry Merezhkovsky and published in 1902, with an additional essay on Fyodor Dostoevsky. It examines Tolstoy's character and his work as a novelist.
Why it matters
Merezhkovsky was a contemporary Russian writer, so this book reflects how Tolstoy was seen by other leading figures of Russian literature during his own lifetime. Pairing Tolstoy with Dostoevsky also shows how the two writers were often studied and compared together as giants of Russian fiction.
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