I Am a Literary Giant in Russia

'''(The first of its kind on Qidian in the foreign literary greats genre!) Many years later, when Nabokov was teaching Russian literature in America, this is how he did it. In the pitch-dark room, he first turned on a lamp in the corner and said: "Pushkin is the first guiding lamp of Russian literature." Then he turned on another lamp in the middle, saying: "This is Gogol." After that, he turned on yet another lamp and said: "This is Chekhov." Then, with long strides, he walked to the window, forcefully pulled open the curtains, letting the bright sunlight flood into the room, and loudly proclaimed: "This is Tolstoy!" After calming his emotions for a moment, a student raised a hand and...