Archive for September, 2007

In the churchyard at Stinsford

A rumor persists that Thomas Hardy’s heart “was accidentally devoured by his housekeeper’s cat, and that the heart of a pig was buried in its place.” See also.

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Tolstoy on Chekhov

Leo Tolstoy didn’t care for Anton Chekhov’s plays. “‘Where is the drama?‘ he is said to have complained about ‘Uncle Vanya.’”

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