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A. N. Tolstoy’s handwritten notebook of 1909 (Manuscript Department of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom), Russian Academy of Sciences) contains a draft autograph of "The Poem at Seventeen" (1910) which could be probed as an earlier version of the short story based on Tolstoy’s personal impressions. The draft autograph is published here, using the text from the handwritten notebook. The text includes the plot and the main characters, the young poet, Lyubochka and her father — the antique dealer. They were subsequently made more specifi c and acquired psychological traits. |
