Dostoevsky Portrayed by His Wife: The Diary and Reminiscences of Mme. DostoevskyG. Routledge, 1926 - 272 pages |
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Page 219 - Souslov. 220 the expression of his face. He read and re-read the first page for a long time, as if he could not make out what was written there ; then, at last, he read it through and blushed scarlet. His hands seemed to tremble. I pretended not to know whom the letter was from, and asked him what Sonechka [a relation of D.] was writing about.
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