Articles by V. Korolenko about L. Tolstoy: a clash of world views

Abstract

In the present paper the author analyzes articles by the writer and essayist Vladimir Korolenko about
Leo Tolstoy, considers the facts of biographies of both writers: personal meetings, correspondence. Korolenko appreciates
Tolstoy from different perspectives: as a critic, as a fan of the great talent of Tolstoy, and, finally, as an
antagonist of many Tolstoys ideas. The huge difference between the world views of these two writers is obvious in
the articles by Korolenko. The same articles reveal the similarities between writers. They both serve the cause of
truth. The value of these articles in not only in description of Tolstoy as controversial person, but also in the concept
and the creative method, and the views of Vladimir Korolenko, the great writer and publicist.