What made Tolstoy so great ? What was it about his works ?

Superb prose style. Depth to his characters, both male and female. They're as psychologically detailed as Shakespeare.
Brilliant grasp of pacing and structure.
profound understanding of human society.
Only flaw is the idiotic philosophy
tolstoy is Mr perfect,

>>9463502
His prose was simple and easy to understand, but still had depth an elegance. Pretty much anyone could appreciate his work on some level or another

>>9464058
>Only flaw is the idiotic philosophy

Fuck off atheist cuck.

>>9464155
Well if you think doing back-breaking manual labor for your entire life is in someway spiritually uplifting then go ahead and do that.
I suppose you won't be having sex ever either, as you agree sex is spiritually corrosive and takes you away from God?
How come you even have wi-fi in your freezing log cabin in the middle of Russia.

>>9464058
pretty good post, this largely covers it without going into specifics

He's good at conveying the psychological reality of people to where it's easy to connect. Besides that many years of studying and practicing.

OP here, thanks guys. I staed reading Anna Karenia awhile ago, i found his ability to express the little unique traits common to every individual, those little moments that show our humanity and unique person, beautiful.

>>9463502
>What made Tolstoy so great ?
He knew what a good hunting dog was thinking