Note 16 — Chapter IV · TURGUÉNEFF—TOLSTÓY

This has struck most critics. Thus, speaking of War and Peace, Písareff wrote: “The images he has created have their own life, independently of the intentions of the author; they enter into direct relations with the readers, speak for themselves, and unavoidably bring the reader to such thoughts and conclusions as the author never had in view and of which he, perhaps, would not approve.” (Works, VI. p. 420.)