Leo Tolstoy His Life And Work Autobiographical Memoirs Letters And Biographi
Leo Tolstoy His Life And Work Autobiographical Memoirs Letters And Biographi
P Pavel Biriukov
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The conceptions and prejudices of the society from which I had issued were still fresh in me. I did not believe then that I could fall in love with this woman. I admired her, as I admired the beauty of the mountains and of the sky, nor could I help admiring her, for she is as beautiful as they. Then I felt that the contemplation of this beauty had become a necessity of my life, and I began to ask myself whether I did not love her ; but I did not find in myself any- thing resembling the feeling ...such as I had imagined it to be. 1 The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy, vol. Ii. Pp. 260, 261. VOL. I. I 130 BIOGRAPHY OF LEO TOLSTOY This sentiment resembled neither the longing for solitude nor the desire for matrimony, nor platonic love, still less carnal love, which I had experienced. I had to see and hear her, to know that she was near, and I was not exactly happy, but calm. After an evening party which I had attended with her, and at which I had touched her, I felt that between this woman and myself existed an indissoluble, though unacknow- ledged bond, against which it would be vain to struggle.
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