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In the society of this governess, his aunt, and the old servant� Fedya spent four whole years� .in the low pitched room, the solitary candle burnt dim, the cricket chirped monotonously, as though it were weary, the little clock ticked away hurriedly on the wall…and the three old women, like the Fates, swiftly and silently plied their knitting needles..and strange, half dark ideas swarmed in the child’s brain.
— May 28, 2022 07:28PM
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Sue
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Varvara Pavlovna..had a ready answer for everything; she never hesitated, never doubted..anything� All her ideas..her feelings revolved round Paris. Panshin turned the conversation upon literature; it seemed that, like himself, she read only French books. George Sand drove her to exasperation, Balzac she respected, but he wearied her.. Dumas..she adored. To tell the truth, literature had no great interest for her.
— May 31, 2022 02:36PM
Sue
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Lavretsky arrived at the Kalitins�..and found..the preparations for an evening service. In..the dining-room on a square table covered with a clean cloth were..arranged..the small holy pictures, in gold frames, set with tarnished jewels� Lavretsky..asked if it was some one’s name-day.
In a whisper they told him..that the..service had been arranged by Lisaveta.. and Marfa.. to invite a wonder-working image�
— May 31, 2022 12:39PM
In a whisper they told him..that the..service had been arranged by Lisaveta.. and Marfa.. to invite a wonder-working image�
Sue
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he lightly pressed Lisa’s hand and said, ‘I think we are friends now, aren’t we?� She nodded…and the coach rolled away� Lavretsky turned homeward� The witchery of the summer night enfolded him; all around him seemed suddenly so strange—and at the same time so long known, so sweetly familiar. Everywhere near and far.. all was at peace; youthful, blossoming life seemed expressed in this deep peace.
— May 31, 2022 10:37AM
Sue
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The traces of human life very quickly pass away; Glafira Petrovna’s estate had not had time to become quite wild, but already it seemed plunged in that quiet slumber in which everything reposes on earth where there is not the infection of man’s restlessness.
— May 31, 2022 10:16AM
Sue
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Leaning back…Lavretsky watched..the fresh fertile wilderness and solitude of this steppe country, the greenness, the long slopes, and valleys with stunted oak bushes, the grey villages, and scant birch trees,—the whole Russian landscape, so long unseen by him, stirred emotion at once pleasant, sweet and almost painful in his heart,and he felt weighed down by a kind of pleasant oppression.
— May 30, 2022 07:09PM
Sue
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Varvara Pavlovna..was so self-possessed and easily cordial that everyone at once felt at home in her presence; besides, about all her fascinating person, her smiling eyes, her faultlessly sloping shoulders and rosy-tinged white hands, her light and yet languid movements, the very sound of her voice, slow and sweet, there was an impalpable, subtle charm, like a faint perfume..something..hard to translate into words..
— May 29, 2022 05:54PM
Sue
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Pavel Petrovitch knew how to gain a footing in society; he spoke little, but, from old habit, condescendingly—though, of course, not when he was talking to persons of a higher rank than his own. He played cards carefully; ate moderately at home, but consumed enough for six at parties.
— May 29, 2022 05:39PM
Sue
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Ivan..father of Fedor..was not brought up at home, but lived with a rich old maiden aunt.. she had fixed on him for her heir.. She..engaged all kinds of teachers for him, and put him in charge of a tutor..and finished by marrying this “fine fleur�..making over all her property to him.. Ivan had only reached his twentieth year when this unexpected blow(we mean the princess’s marriage not her death) fell upon him
— May 28, 2022 02:17PM
Sue
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Lavretsky certainly did not look like the victim of fate. His rosy-cheeked typical Russian face, with its large white brow, rather thick nose, and wide straight lips seemed breathing with the wild health of the steppes, with vigorous primaeval energy�. It was only in his blue eyes, with their over-hanging brows and somewhat fixed look, that one could trace an expression not exactly of melancholy, nor..of weariness
— May 28, 2022 10:27AM
