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Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare

Leo Tolstoy · 1906

A 1906 collection containing Tolstoy's critical essay arguing against Shakespeare's reputation as a great genius, focusing on King Lear, with an appendix including Ernest Crosby's essay on Shakespeare's attitude toward the working classes and a letter from Bernard Shaw.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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