Tolstoy on Shakespeare

by Leo Tolstoy

Book Overview

Tolstoy on Shakespeare excerpt: I remember the astonishment I felt when I first read Shakespeare. I expected to receive a powerful esthetic pleasure, but having read, one after the other, works regarded as his best: "King Lear," "Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet" and "Macbeth," not only did I feel no delight, but I felt an irresistible repulsion and tedium, and doubted as to whether I was senseless in feeling works regarded as the summit of perfection by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1006316752
• ISBN13: 9781006316753
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"