You should never get down about how good someone else is. It's not like you're going head to head with them. And besides, there will be people that hate the "great" writers and yet love you.
I don't see the big, famous names as transcendent. Especially not after I read Tolstoy's critique of Shakespear's "King Lear". Really rips him a new one. You can find that critique for free on Amazon, by the way.
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