Letters from Russia by Astolphe de Custine (2002, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherNew York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-100940322811
ISBN-139780940322813
eBay Product ID (ePID)2012900

Product Key Features

Book TitleLetters from Russia
Number of Pages672 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Essays & Travelogues, Russia
GenreTravel, History
AuthorAstolphe De Custine
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-006477
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal947/.073
Edition DescriptionExpanded
SynopsisThe Marquis de Custine's record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world's most fascinating and troubled countries., The Marquis de Custine's record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world's most fascinating and troubled countries. It is also a wonderful piece of travel writing. Custine, who met with people in all walks of life, including the Czar himself, offers vivid descriptions of St. Petersburg and Moscow, of life at court and on the street, and of the impoverished Russian countryside. But together with a wealth of sharply delineated incident and detail, Custine's great work also presents an indelible picture--roundly denounced by both Czarist and Communist regimes--of a country crushed by despotism and "intoxicated with slavery." Letters from Russia , here published in a new edition prepared by Anka Muhlstein, the author of the Goncourt Prize-winning biography of Custine, stands with Tocqueville's Democracy in America as a profound and passionate encounter with historical forces that are still very much at work in the world today.
LC Classification NumberDK25.C9713 2002

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