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An unsung classic of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Karolina Pavlova’s A Double Life alternates prose and poetry to offer a wry picture of Russian aristocratic society and vivid dreams of escaping its strictures.
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An unsung classic of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Karolina Pavlova’s A Double Life alternates prose and poetry to offer a wry picture of Russian aristocratic society and vivid dreams of escaping its strictures.
Aug 7, 2019 · Excerpted from A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova, translated by Barbara Heldt (Columbia University Press), part of the Russian Library series. Pavlova, the great woman writer of nineteenth-century Russia, was reviled by her contemporaries for daring to devote her life to her art.
Karolina Pavlova’s A Double Life examines internalized oppression—and insists on the independence of the unconscious mind.
Aug 6, 2019 · An unsung classic of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Karolina Pavlova’s A Double Life alternates prose and poetry to offer a wry picture of Russian aristocratic society and vivid dreams of escaping its strictures.
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Jan 1, 1996 · "A Double Life" tells the story of Cecilia, a young upper-class Russian girl of German heritage, rather like Pavlova herself. Cecilia is approaching that interesting age when the only thing for girls of her time and class to do is to seek out a suitable husband.
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Aug 6, 2019 · An unsung classic of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Karolina Pavlova’s A Double Life alternates prose and poetry to offer a wry picture of Russian aristocratic society and vivid dreams of escaping its strictures.
- Karolina Pavlova
