Tolstoy on Shakespeare

a critical essay on Shakespeare. Translated by V. Tchertkoff and I.F.M. Followed by Shakespeare's attitude to the working classes by Ernest Crosby and a letter from G. Bernard Shaw

by Ernest Howard Crosby, Лев Толстой, V. G. Chertkov et al.

1906 169 pages eng

Tolstoy does not like Shakespeare. Not at all. In this classic rant, Tolstoy takes Shakespeare to task for having ridiculous plots, characters without distinct personalities, endless speechifying, language no mortal would utter, no morals, a disdain for the common person, and zero sympathy for the a…