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# Requests for loans in letters to Tolstoy and in messages to the author of the post
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- Published: 2017-02-11T13:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:01:00.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Archive, Books, Observations, Humour

Many letters to Tolstoy began with the words: I have not read your books, but could you possibly lend me some money. I have been receiving much the same sort of message lately, but do go on writing all the same, it is rather entertaining