Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Confronting

Tolstoy and Dostoevsky are a truly business card of Russian literature for a foreign reader. These two creators have long been admired abroad, their works are found by more and more interpretations, and foreign writers are inspired by their skill. “Not a single English novelist can compare with a lot with Tolstoy, who so fully portrayed a person’s life both from a private and heroic side. Not a single English novelist examined the soul of man as deep as Dostoevsky, ”said the famous writer E.M. Forster. American literary critic, professor George Stayner devoted his famous work to Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, exploring the depth of the similarities of two geniuses and the abyss of their differences