tolstoy’s criticism of shakespeare

tolstoy’s essay:

PDF: https://archive.org/download/tolstoyonshakes02tolsgoog/tolstoyonshakes02tolsgoog.pdf

online read: http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/shakespeare-tolstoy/1/

orwell’s rebuttal: lear, tolstoy and the fool
http://orwell.ru/library/essays/lear/english/e_ltf

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/adventures-in-old-age/200912/battle-the-titans-tolstoy-disses-shakespeare

http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/tolstoy-calls-shakespeare-an-insignificant-inartistic-writer.html

http://blogs.bl.uk/english-and-drama/2016/06/in-defence-of-shakespeare-tolstoy-and-orwell.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/11/tolstoy-thought-chekhov-worse-than-shakespeare