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Letters From Russia (Paperback, Main)
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Letters From Russia (Paperback, Main)
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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.
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