sentences:  Her love for literature began at the age of twelve, when her mother read her "Skripka Rotschil'da" (“Rothschild’s Violin”), a short story by Chekhov.However, this love for literature did not immediately translate into a desire to be a writer – as a young woman, Tokareva initially applied to study medicine.When her application was rejected, she decided to study music instead, spending four years studying piano at the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory.