This quote is from memory. Anyone know exact words? Chekhov on Tolstoy: What he acquired as a birthright, we had to pay with our youth.
@matthunte So was I misremembering that Chekhov mentioned Tolstoy as an example of upper class writer?
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@HeerJeet Well he doesn't explicitly name him in the letter but it is reasonable to assume that he was referring Tolstoy (and Turgenev.) -
@matthunte@HeerJeet I think it's a personal anxiety Chekhov is revealing and not just about Tolstoy. It feels more like self-loathing.
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