![]() ![]() Dostoevsky, instinctively distrustful of any attempt to portray a thing-in-itself, is the ultimate subjectivist. Tolstoy paints a huge canvas which appears to be more objectively real than reality itself. Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, who never met (Tolstoy refused a meeting), had parallel and deeply contrasting visions and careers. Then in May, they could start Crime and Punishment. Readers could enjoy episodes from War and Peace in the spring numbers of the magazine. To fill the gap, Katkov enlisted Dostoevsky. ![]() Tolstoy had been slow in giving Katkov enough material for continuous serial publication of War and Peace. This phenomenal editor, in the year 1866, secured serial publication of the two giants of Russian fiction. Even The Spectator at its best, however, could not quite rival the periodical the Russian Herald ( Russkii Vestnik) under the editorship of M.N. Subscribers to this periodical, while Mark Amory has been literary editor, must often have felt they were enjoying an incomparable feast. ![]()
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