Tolstoy's diary of self-improvement

The master of Russian literature held himself to account daily in "an experimental project aimed at exploring the nature of self: the links connecting a sense of self, a moral ideal, and the temporal order of narrative," Irina Paperno writes. A March 1851 excerpt: "At home did not study English (insufficient firmness). At the Volkonskys’ was unnatural and distracted, and stayed until one in the morning (distractedness, desire to show off, and weakness of character)."

January 25, 2015

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