An examination of A Lear of the Steppes is of especial interest to authors as the story is so exquisite in its structure so overwhelming in its effects that it exposes the artificiality of the great majority of the clever works of art in fiction A Lear of the Steppes is great in art because it is a living organic whole springing from the deep roots of life itself and the innumerable works of art that are fabricated and pasted together from an ing...