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$8.12 - Mikhail Lermontov, Max Bollinger, Max Bollinger (Published by: Max Bollinger)
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| Lermontov's only full-scale novel, which prophetically describes the duel in which he later lost his own life. The hero of the novel, Pechorin is an intense individual, a military officer who kidnaps beautiful daughter of Circassian tribesman, and who, according to Lermantov's own introduction, is a composite portrait, made up of all the vices whic MORE... |
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 | | The Hunting Sketches, Book 1
$8.12 - Ivan Turgenev, Max Bollinger, Max Bollinger (Published by: Max Bollinger)
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| The first major writing by Turgenev that gained him recognition. The stories in this collection were written based on Turgenev's own observations while hunting at his mothers' estate. This work exposed many injustices of serfdom and led to Turgenev's house arrest and eventual abolishment of serfdom in Russia. A fine example of realist tradition in MORE... |
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 | | The Hunting Sketches, Book 2
$8.12 - Ivan Turgenev, Max Bollinger, Max Bollinger (Published by: Max Bollinger)
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| An intriguing confession of doctor's romantic involvement with a beautiful 20 year old patient. Followed by Turgenev's exquisite, often meditative descriptions of Russian countryside and mysterious herbalist Kassyan infatuated with Gamayane, a prophetic bird of Russian folklore, a symbol of wisdom and knowledge. MORE... |
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