Reminiscences of Tolstoy
Reminiscences of Tolstoy
by Ilya Tolstoy [his son]
TRANSLATED BY GEORGE CALDERON
IN one of his letters to his great-aunt, Alexandra Andreyevna Tolstoy, my father gives the following description of his children:
The eldest [Sergei] is fair-haired and good-looking; there is something weak and patient in his expression, and very gentle. His laugh is not infectious; but when he cries, I can hardly refrain from crying, too. Every one says he is like my eldest brother.
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