The Agony of Sophia Tolstoy

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In July 1897 Mikhail Tolstoy, the tenth child of Lev Tolstoy, wanted to have a little chat with his mother. The subject: his “sexual urges,” which had grown increasingly “painful.” Her teenaged son feared, she recounted in her diary, that he might succumb to them. In a relatable pivot, Sophia decided this was all her […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2022/11/22/the-agony-of-sophia-tolstoy/

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