tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5941834914123794730..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Tolstoy's "Father Sergius" & it's Chekovian interlude - Unkindly relations between people caused her actual physical sufferingAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-57694137622145883542017-01-06T11:23:41.770-06:002017-01-06T11:23:41.770-06:00Oh right, yes. That's good.Oh right, yes. That's good.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-32555583380677387422017-01-06T11:16:19.860-06:002017-01-06T11:16:19.860-06:00the day the famous monk dropped by – that would be...<i>the day the famous monk dropped by – that would be the Chekhov story</i><br /><br />Yes, a contrasting companion piece to "The Bishop."scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-69633714786335465952017-01-06T08:53:05.287-06:002017-01-06T08:53:05.287-06:00My impression is that the "skewed perspective...My impression is that the "skewed perspective" really only comes out in "Kreutzer" and "Devil," works written at the beginning of the "Confession" period. In "Father Sergius," that last chapter acts as a re-balancing - the women in it are eminently <i>normal</i>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70223629130586905372017-01-06T03:25:10.229-06:002017-01-06T03:25:10.229-06:00I'm reading Tolstoy shorter works at the momen...I'm reading Tolstoy shorter works at the moment and finding them surprisingly bleak - as you say, some of his views are turning out to be ethically dubious and he really does have a skewed perspective when it comes to women!<br /><br />kaggsysbookishramblingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com