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The Russian Soul - Selections from A Writer's Diary by Fyodor Dostoevsky - cover

The Russian Soul - Selections from A Writer's Diary by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Verlag: Notting Hill Editions

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Beschreibung

Dosteovsky's immediate impulse for embarking on A Writer's Diary in 1873 was a desire to come into closer contact with his readers. Published in monthly instalments, it became a unique journalistic enterprise. Far more popular than his novels ever were, the Diary was Dostoevsky's favourite work. Brilliantly introduced by Rosamund Bartlett, the Diary stands revealed as the work of a writer-activist and blogger avant la lettre.
Verfügbar seit: 24.10.2017.
Drucklänge: 174 Seiten.

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