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Download or read book A Devil s Vaudeville written by William J. Leatherbarrow and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the 'demonic markers' that run throughout Dostoevsky's fiction, this also explores the narrative and generic implications of the way Dostoevsky inscribed the demonic in his fictional works - implications that point to a new understanding of familiar concepts in the work of this Russian master.

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Download or read book St John s Eve Original Edition Annotated written by Nikolai Gogol and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "St. John's Eve" is the second tale in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol. It was first published in 1830 in the literary Russian periodical Otechestvennye Zapiski in February and March issues, and in the book form in 1831.

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Download or read book St John s Eve written by Nikolai Gogol and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "St. John's Eve" is the second tale in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol. It was first published in 1830 in the literary Russian periodical Otechestvennye Zapiski in February and March issues, and in the book form in 1831.