Two Princesses - Couverture souple

Odoevsky, Vladimir

 
9781843911388: Two Princesses
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1843911388 ISBN 13 : 9781843911388
Editeur : Hesperus Press Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

'It is not people that kill, but ungovernable passions'. Princess Mimi and & Princess Zizi, Odoevsky's complementary society tales from the 1830s, portraying the two diametrically opposed sides of the nature of the Russian Aristocracy, can be seen as precursors to Anna Karenina and the works of Dostoevsky. The eponymous princesses are both spinsters, but there any similarity must end. Zizi, thwarted in love, takes her lot meekly until she comes face to face with her erstwhile lover's perfidy, and her sense of justice and familial devotion rise to claim a bittersweet revenge. Mimi meanwhile, whose own romantic failures have left her bitter and resentful, takes her revenge groundlessly, leading all around her to a tragic end.

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À propos de l'auteur

Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoevsky (1804-1869) was a prominent Russian writer, philosopher, music critic and philanthropist. At the time of his death, he was a Moscow Senator and amateur scientist who has been credited with having predicted blogging.

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Éditeur
Hesperus Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1843911388
ISBN 13 
9781843911388
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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