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Cover; Title Page; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; A RADIANT EASTER; THE CORSICAN; WILL-POWER; THE HAT; THE LIFELESS BEAST; JEALOUSY; THE QUIET BACKWATER; DUTY AND HONOUR; PART II; PETROGRAD MONOLOGUE; ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE; ONE OF US; RASPUTIN; PART III; QUE FAIRE?; SUBTLY WORDED; MARQUITA; MY FIRST TOLSTOY; HEART OF A VALKYRIE; ERNEST WITH THE LANGUAGES; PART IV; "THE KIND THAT WALK"; THE DOG (A STORY FROM A STRANGER); PART V; THE BLIND ONE; THY WILL; AND TIME WAS NO MORE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Also Available from Pushkin Press; About the Publisher; Copyright. |
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A selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov Teffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories, taken from the whole of her career, show the full range of her gifts. Extremely funny - a wry, scathing observer of society - she is also capable, as capable even as Chekhov, of miraculous subtlety and depth of character. There are stories here from her own life (as a child, going to meet Tolstoy to plead for the life of War and Peace's Prince Bolkonsky, o. |
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Tėffi, N. A. (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna), 1872-1952 -- Translations into English.
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Tėffi, N. A. (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna), 1872-1952. |
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Translations.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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9781782270836 : $14.99 |
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1782270833 : $14.99 |
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